• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2005

We have observed the seropositive rate of Taenia solium cysticercosis in residents at Nabo Village, Tiandong County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The village had been found to be a relatively high endemic area of porcine cysticercosis among roaming pigs. Of 202 persons examined four males aged 15, 25, 35 and 41 year-old exhibited absorbance (abs) at 0.18, 0.20, 0.35 and 0.55, respectively. In addition, two females whose ages were 35 and 39 years revealed specific antibody levels of abs 0.26 and 0.41 in their sera. Overall positive rate among the people was $2.97\%$. All of these persons agreed that they had ingested the pork infected with T. solium metacestode (TsM), while history of proglottid discharge was not noticed from all of them. Three males and one female complained of intermittent headache. Our findings reinforced not only that the prevalence of cysticercosis might be related with roaming pigs infected with TsM but also that behavioral and environmental practices in local community constituted risk factors for transmission of the infection.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1993

현재 인체에는 기새하는 Taenia 조충으로는 돼지고기 유구낭미층(Cysticercus cellulosae)을 먹어서 감염되는 Taenia solium Linnaeus 1785과 쇠고기의 무구낭미층(Cysticercus bovis)을 먹어서 감염되는 Taenia saginata Goeze 1782 두 종이 알려져 있다. 한편 인체에 기생하는 제 3의 Taenia 조충으로 최근 타이완, 한국, 인도내시아, 태국, 필리핀 등 아시아국가를 중심으로 발견되는 Asian Taenia saginata 조충은 돼지나 소의 간 또는 내장에 있는 내장형낭미충을 먹어서 감염되는 것으로 추정된다. 그러나 이러한 생활사상의 구분에도 불구하고 형태하적으로는 본충이 Taenia saginate Groeze 1782와 유사하기 때문에 아직 신종으로 인정되지 않은 상태이다. 이에 연구자들은 Asian Taenia saginata 조충의 형태학적 구분점을 새로이 발견하고 학명으로서 Taenia asiatica sp.n.(한국명:아시아조총)을 제시하고자 한다. 감별적으로는 1.선충의 두절에 있는 액취의 존재, 2. 성충의 수태편절에서 관찰되는 자궁세지의 수, 3.성충의 수태관절에서 관찰되는 미돌기의 존재 및 4.유추의 낭벽표면에서 관찰되는 사마귀양 구조가 광학 및 전자현경적으로 관찰되었다. 이중 '자궁세지'와 '미돌기'는 새로이 관찰하여 기재하는 구조물로서 처음으로 Taeniid의 종감별에 사용하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.157-160
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• 2005

A 29kDa cysteine protease of Taenia solium metacestodes was purified by Mono Q anion-exchanger and Superose 6 HR gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was effectively inhibited by cysteine protease inhibitors, such as iodoacetic acid (IAA) and trans-epoxy-succinyl-L-leucyl-amido (4-guanidino) butane (E-64) while inhibitors acting on serine- or metallo-proteases did not affect the enzyme activity. The purified enzyme degraded human immunoglobulin G (IgG), collagen and bovine serum albumin (BSA), but human IgG was more susceptible for proteolysis by the enzyme. To define the precise biological roles of the enzyme, more detailed biochemical and functional studies would be required.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.81-84
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• 2004

The 150 kDa protein of cyst fluid (CF) of Taenia solium metacestodes was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation and Superose 6 HR gel filtration chromatography. The purified protein consisted of three subunits (15, 10 and 7 kDa proteins), which were analyzed with the use of a 7.5-15％ gradient sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SOS-PAGE). Immunofluorescence study was carried out by using immunize specific polyclonal antibody. Positive reactions were noticed at bladder walls, calcareous corpuscles, granules of cyst fluid and some host tissue surrounding the bladder wall of the metacestodes. These results suggest that the 150 kDa protein was secreted into host tissues, inducing immune responses in the host, and it may play important roles in the cellular physiology of the parasites.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2007

We investigated a small-scale serological survey to screen tissue-parasitic helminthiases of North Koreans as one of research programs for re-unification of Korea. Soil-transmitted helminthiases were found highly prevalent among North Korean residents at the border with China. ELISA using 4 tissue-parasitic helminth antigens was applied to 137 residents living in Cheongjin-shi, Hamgyeongbuk-do, North Korea and 133 female refugees in South Korea in 2004-2005. Among a total of 270 samples, 31 (11.5%), 25 (9.3%), and 11 (4.1%) were positive for specific IgG antibodies to antigens of Clonorchis sinensis, Taenia solium metacestode, and sparganum, respectively. The overall positive rate was 21.5%; 38.2% in males and 15.8% in females. The present finding suggests that tissue parasites, such as C. sinensis, T. solium metacestode and sparganum are highly prevalent in some limited areas of North Korea. These foodborne tissue-parasitic helminthiases should be considered for future control measures of parasitic diseases in North Korea.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.7.1-7.10
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• 2019

Cysticercosis, a parasitic disease caused by Taenia solium metacestode (TsM), has a major global public health impact in terms of disability-adjusted life years. The parasite preferentially infects subcutaneous tissue, but may invade the central nervous system, resulting in neurocysticercosis (NC). NC is an important neglected tropical disease and an emerging disease in industrialized countries due to immigration from endemic areas. The prevalence of taeniasis in Korea declined from 0.3%-12.7% during the 1970s to below 0.02% since the 2000s. A survey conducted from 1993 to 2006 revealed that the percentage of tested samples with high levels of specific anti-TsM antibody declined from 8.3% to 2.2%, suggesting the continuing occurrence of NC in Korea. Modern imaging modalities have substantially improved the diagnostic accuracy of NC, and recent advances in the molecular biochemical characterization of the TsM cyst fluid proteome also significantly strengthened NC serodiagnosis. Two glycoproteins of 150 and 120 kDa that induce strong antibody responses against sera from patients with active-stage NC have been elucidated. The 150 kDa protein showed hydrophobic-ligand binding activities and might be critically involved in the acquisition of host-derived lipid molecules. Fasciclin and endophilin B1, both of which play roles in the homeostatic functions of TsM, showed fairly high antibody responses against calcified NC cases. NC is now controllable and manageable. Further studies should focus on controlling late-onset intractable seizures and serological diagnosis of NC patients infected with few worms. This article briefly overviews diagnostic approaches and discusses current issues relating to NC serodiagnosis.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2013

This study aimed to explore the clinical, radiological, and pathological characteristics of intraocular cysticercosis due to Taenia solium metacestode infection. Total 8 patients diagnosed with intraocular cysticercosis at the Red Cross Hospital of Yunnan Province, China were examined retrospectively. Patients with clear dioptic media had undergone fundus chromophotography. All patients underwent B ultrasonography of the ocular region (CT) successive scanning of the orbit and cerebral tissues. Parasites were extracted surgically and then examined pathologically. The fundus chromophotography showed a white and condensing scolex package in the vesicle. The B ultrasonic examination showed a vesicle-like echogenic mass in the vitreous chamber, in which the high-level echo spot was the cysticercus scolex. The pathological examinations showed that the vesicle wall exhibited hyaline degeneration, inflammatory cell infiltration, neuroglial fiber, and glial cell proliferation layers from the inside to the outside. The scolex is round and is composed of the outer tissue (the body wall) and the inner furrow tissue; these tissues migrated together. Primordially differentiated sucking discs were found in one case, but no hooklets were found. The inner scolex tissue was folded like a paper flower. The severity of intraocular disease is closely correlated with the pathophysiological processes of the cysticercus worm. Pathological examination of the intraocular lesions can help to evaluate the course of the disease as well as to provide a scientific basis for effective antiparasitic medication.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 1988

뇌낭미충증의 면역혈청학적 진단에 있어서 간접 형광항체 법의 유용성을 평가하기 위하여 효소연결성 면역홉착 검사와 비교 검토하였다. 검사대상자는 확진된 뇌낭미충증 환자의 혈청 163예, 다른 뇌신경 증상 환자, 조층 및 흡충류 감염자 101예 및 건강인 대조군 100예로서 모두 364예이었다. 간점 형광항체 반응에는 인체 유구낭미충의 낭벽 항원을, 효소연결성 면역흡착 검사에는 낭액 항원을 사용하여 혈청내 특이 IgG 항체를 조사한 결과 두 방법간의 민감도 및 특이도에 큰 차이가 없었으며, 양성 및 음성의 동일한 힐청을 검사하였을 때 낭미충증 혈청의 90.8%가 서로 합치되어 밀접한 연관성을 나타내었다. 또한 장내 조충 감염증의 경우 두 방법 모두에서 높은 교차반응을 나타내었으나 간접 형광항체반응의 특이성이 더 좋았으며 특히 간접 형광항체 반응은 흡충류 감염자 혈청에서 교차반응을 나타내지 않았다. 이와 같은 결과는 혈청만을 사용하였을 경우 간접 형광항체반응의 민감도나 특이도가 효소연결성 면역홉착 검사와 차이가 없으며 뇌낭미충증의 진단에 매우 유용함을 나타내고 있었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 1993

현재 유구낭미충증을 혈청학적으로 진단하는 데에는 낭액항원을 이용한 특이항체검사법으로 micro-ELISA를 널리 이용하고 있다. 이 실험은 효소부착 이차항체를 사용하는 micro-ELISA방법 대신 민감도가 뛰어난 것으로 알려진 ABC-ELISA나 Protein-ELISA로 바꾸어 사용하면 검사의 민감도를 보다 개선할 수 있는지를 알기 위하여 실시하였다. ABC-ELISA에 의한 항체검사는 낭액항원 단백질 $2.5{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$, 혈청 희석 1:10,000, biotinylated no-hmn IgG 1:100,000 회석, peroxidase conjugated streptavidin 1:40,000 희석 및 2,2-azino-di(3-ethylbenztlllazoline) sulfnnlc acid발색제를 사용하는 조건으로 실시하였고 415 nm에서 흡광도를 측정하였다. Protein A-ELISA는 항원단백질 $2.5{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$, 혈청은 1:200 회석, HRP-Protein A 1:20,000 희석 및 ABTS 발색제를 사용하는 조건으로 실시하고 415 nm에서 흡광도를 측정하였다. 유구낭미충증 환자 115 명의 혈청을 검사한 바 민감도는 micro-ELISA 81.7%, Protein A-ELISA 82.6%, ABC-ELISA 86. 1%이었다. 다른 기생충성 질환자, 비기생충성 질환자 및 대조군 등 165명 혈청에서 특이도는 각각 88.5%, 93.3%, 93.8%이었다 세 가지 ELISA방법에 의한 항체가 사이에는 상관계수 0.84~0.86의 높은 상관관계가 성립하였다. 이상의 결과 ABC-ELISA는 micro-ELISA에 비하여 민감한 혈청학적 방법이고 실제 유구낭미충 특이항체 검사상의 특이도에서도 차이가 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 ABC-ELISA는 유구낭미충증의 혈청학적 진단에서 혈청 및 뇌척수액 등 검체를 적게 사용할 수 있다는 장점이 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.