• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2012

To determine the effects of kimchi extracts at different temperatures on larval development, $Ascaris$ $suum$ eggs were mixed with soluble part of 7 different brands of commercially available kimchi and preserved at either $5^{\circ}C$ or $25^{\circ}C$ for up to 60 days. $A.$ $suum$ eggs incubated at $25^{\circ}C$ showed marked differences in larval development between kimchi extract and control group. While all eggs in the control group completed embryonation by day 21, only 30% of the eggs in the kimchi extract group became embryonated by day 36 and about 25% never became larvated even at day 60. At $5^{\circ}C$, however, none of the eggs showed larval development regardless of the incubation period or type of mixture group. To determine the survival rate of $A.$ $suum$ eggs that showed no embryonation after being preserved at $5^{\circ}C$, eggs preserved in kimchi extracts for 14, 28, and 60 at $5^{\circ}C$ were re-incubated at $25^{\circ}C$ for 3 weeks in distilled water. While all eggs in the control group became larvated, eggs in the kimchi extract group showed differences in their embryonation rates by the incubation period; 87.4 % and 41.7% of the eggs became embryonated after being refrigerated for 14 days and 28 days, respectively. When refrigerated for 60 days, however, no eggs mixed in kimchi extract showed larval development. Our results indicate that embryogenesis of $A.$ $suum$ eggs in kimchi extract was affected by duration of refrigeration, and that all eggs stopped larval development completely in kimchi kept at $5^{\circ}C$ for up to 60 days.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.103-107
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• 2016

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of several different commercial disinfectants on the embryogenic development of Ascaris suum eggs. A 1-ml aliquot of each disinfectant was mixed with approximately 40,000 decorticated or intact A. suum eggs in sterile tubes. After each treatment time (at 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 30, and 60 min), disinfectants were washed away, and egg suspensions were incubated at $25^{\circ}C$ in distilled water for development of larvae inside. At 3 weeks of incubation after exposure, ethanol, methanol, and chlorohexidin treatments did not affect the larval development of A. suum eggs, regardless of their concentration and treatment time. Among disinfectants tested in this study, 3% cresol, 0.2% sodium hypochlorite and 0.02% sodium hypochlorite delayed but not inactivated the embryonation of decorticated eggs at 3 weeks of incubation, because at 6 weeks of incubation, undeveloped eggs completed embryonation regardless of exposure time, except for 10% povidone iodine. When the albumin layer of A. suum eggs remained intact, however, even the 10% povidone iodine solution took at least 5 min to reasonably inactivate most eggs, but never completely kill them with even 60 min of exposure. This study demonstrated that the treatment of A. suum eggs with many commercially available disinfectants does not affect the embryonation. Although some disinfectants may delay or stop the embryonation of A. suum eggs, they can hardly kill them completely.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.239-242
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• 2012

The influence of temperature on the development and embryonation of Ascaris suum eggs was studied using coarse sand medium in an environmental chamber with 50% humidity. The time required for development and embryonation of eggs was examined under 3 different temperature conditions, $5^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$, and $35^{\circ}C$. A. suum eggs did not develop over 1 month at the temperature of $5^{\circ}C$. However, other temperature conditions, $25^{\circ}C$ and $35^{\circ}C$, induced egg development to the 8-cell-stage at days 5-6 after incubation. All eggs examined developed to the 8-cell stage at day 6 after incubation in the sand medium at $25^{\circ}C$. The higher temperature, $35^{\circ}C$, slightly accelerated the A. suum egg development compared to $25^{\circ}C$, and the development to the 8-cell stage occurred within day 5 after incubation. The formation of larvae in A. suum eggs at temperatures of $35^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$ appeared at days 17 and 19 after incubation, respectively. These findings show that $35^{\circ}C$ condition shortens the time for the development of A. suum eggs to the 8-cell-stage in comparison to $25^{\circ}C$, and suggest the possibility of accelerated transmission of this parasite, resulting from global warming and ecosystem changes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 1998

베네수엘라분선충의 충란, 자충 띤 성충을 장기간 보존할 수 있는 방안을 마련하기 위하여 여러 가지 배양환경에 대한 연구를 수헝하였던 바, 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 분변 내의 충란은 $4^{\circ}C$ 에서 25일간, 실온에서는 15일간 생존하였으며, 분변에서 분리한 충란은 $4^{\circ}C$의 생리적 식염수에 서 24시간 생존하였으나, 상실배기의 충란은 건조한 공기에 민감하여 12시간 내에 환성을 잃었다. 감염형 자충을 polyvinylbag에 넣어 $20^{\circ}C$에 보관하였을 경우, 분변 물질이 첨가된 0.12% 영양배 지에서는 45일, 영양배지는 28일간 생존하였다 한편, 영양배지에서 배양된 감염 자충은 상수에서 는 32일간, 멸균 식염수에서는 22일간 생존하였다. 인공감염시켜 얻은 성충은 $37^{\circ}C$에서 9일간, 9:1배지 (10% 쥐 혈청을 첨가)와 혈청을 첨가하지 않은 영양배지를 매일 교환하여 주어도 4일동안 밖에 생존하지 못하였다. 성충 암컷은 실험관 내에서 산란하고, 자충으로 부화되었지만 혈청을 첨가한 배지에서도 감염자충으로 발육하지 못하였다.