• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.445-448
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• 2011

A survey was performed to find out the intermediate hosts of Gnathostoma nipponicum in Jeju-do (Province), the Republic of Korea. In August 2009 and 2010, a total of 82 tadpoles, 23 black-spotted pond frogs (Rana nigromaculata), 7 tiger keelback snakes (Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus), 6 red-tongue viper snakes (Agkistrodon ussuriensis), and 2 cat snakes (Elaphe dione) were collected in Jeju-do and examined by the pepsin-HCl digestion method. Total 5 gnathostome larvae were detected in 3 (50%) of 6 A. ussuriensis, 70 larvae in 3 of 7 (42.9%) R. tigrinus tigrinus, and 2 larvae in 2 of 82 (8.7%) frogs. No gnathostome larvae were detected in tadpoles and cat snakes. The larvae detected were a single species, and $2.17{\times}0.22mm$ in average size. They had characteristic head bulbs, muscular esophagus, and 4 cervical sacs. Three rows of hooklets were arranged in the head bulbs, and the number of hooklets in each row was 29, 33, and 36 posteriorly. All these characters were consistent with the advanced third-stage larvae of G. nipponicum. It has been first confirmed in Jeju-do that R. nigromaculata, A. ussuriensis, and R. tigrinus tigrinus play a role for intermediate and/or paratenic hosts for G. nipponicum.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.259-261
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• 2010

Human Gnathostoma hispidum infection is extremely rare in the world literature and has never been reported in the Republic of Korea. A 74-year-old Korean man who returned from China complained of an erythematous papule on his back and admitted to our hospital. Surgical extraction of the lesion and histopathological examination revealed sections of a nematode larva in the deep dermis. The sectioned larva had 1 nucleus in each intestinal cell and was identified as G. hispidum. The patient recalled having eaten freshwater fish when he lived in China. We designated our patient as an imported G. hispidum case from China.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.317-321
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• 2011

Adult gnathostomes were discovered in the stomach of the Jeju weasel, Mustela sibilica quelpartis, road-killed in Jeju-do (Province). Their morphological characters were examined to identify the species. Total 50 gnathostome adults were collected from 6 out of 10 weasels examined. In infected weasels, 4-6 worms were grouped and embedded in each granulomatous gastric tumor, except 1 weasel. Male worms were $25.0{\times}1.4$ mm in average size, and had a tail with pedunculate papillae, a spicule, and minute tegumental spines. Females were $40.0{\times}2.5$mm in average size, and had a tail without tegumental spines. Pointed and posteriorly curved hooklets were arranged in 8-10 rows on the head bulb. Tegumental spines were distributed from behind the head bulb to the middle portion of the body. The spines were different in size and shape by the distribution level of the body surface. Fertilized eggs were $65.5{\times}38.9\;{\mu}m$ in average size, and had a mucoid plug at 1 pole. These gnathostomes from Jeju weasels were identified as Gnathostoma nipponicum Yamaguti, 1941. By the present study, it was confirmed for the first time that G. nipponicum is distributed in Jeju-do, the Republic of Korea, and the Jeju weasel, M. sibilica quelpartis, plays a crucial role for its definitive host.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.467-473
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• 2020

Chinese edible frogs, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus, were examined to estimate the potential risks of human gnathostomiasis and sparganosis in Myanmar. A total of 20 frogs were purchased in a local market of Yangon and examined with naked eyes and the artificial digestion method after skin peeling in June 2018 and June 2019. Larvae of gnathostomes and Spirometra (=spargana) were detected in 15 (75.0%) and 15 (75.0%) frogs with average intensities of 10.5 and 6.3 larvae per infected frog, respectively. Gnathostome larvae were 2.75-3.80 (av. 3.30) mm long and 0.29-0.36 (0.33) mm wide. They had a characteristic head bulb with 4 rows of hooklets, a muscular long esophagus, and 2 pairs of cervical sac. The mean number of hooklets were 41, 44, 47, and 50 on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th row, respectively. Collected spargana were actively moving, particularly with the scolex part, and have ivory-white color and variable in size. Conclusively, it has been first confirmed that Chinese edible frogs, H. rugulosus, are highly infected with larval gnathostomes and spargana in this study. Consuming these frogs is considered a potential risk of human gnathostomiasis and sparganosis in Myanmar.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.519-522
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• 2021

The Chinese edible frogs, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (n=20), and the striped snakehead fish, Channa striata (n=34), were purchased from local markets in 3 administrative regions of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Pursat, and Takeo Provinces) from May 2017 to April 2019, and their infection status with Gnathostoma sp. larvae was investigated. The frogs and fish were transported to the laboratory with ice and examined using the artificial digestion method. Advanced 3rd-stage larvae (AdL₃) of Gnathostoma spinigerum, 24 in total number (1-6 larvae/frog), were detected from 6 (60.0%) out of 10 frogs purchased from Phnom Penh. No gnathostome larvae were detected in 10 frogs purchased from Takeo Province and 34 snakeheads from Phnom Penh, Pursat, and Takeo Provinces. AdL₃ isolated from the frogs were 2.55-3.90 mm long and 0.31-0.36 mm wide. They had a characteristic head bulb (0.081×0.191 mm in average size) with 4 rows of hooklets, a muscular long esophagus (0.950-1.230 mm long), and 2 pairs of cervical sacs (0.530-0.890 mm long). The average number of hooklets in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rows was 41, 45, 48, and 51, respectively. These features were consistent with G. spinigerum AdL₃. By the present study, it has been first confirmed that the Chinese edible frog, H. rugulosus, from Phnom Penh serves as a second intermediate host for G. spinigerum, although their intensity of infection was not so high compared to other previously reported localities.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.701-707
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• 2020

A survey was performed to investigate the infection status of zoonotic helminth larvae in fish from a local market of North Dagon District in Yangon City, Myanmar. A total of 486 fish in 13 species were collected 8 times from December 2015 to December 2019. All fish were transported under ice to a laboratory in Korea and examined for helminth larvae using artificial digestion method. Larval gnathostomes and metacercariae of more than 8 zoonotic trematode species, i.e., Opisthorchis viverrini, Haplorchis taichui, H. pumilio, H. yokogawai, Centrocestus spp., Stellantchasmus falcatus, Pygidiopsis cambodiensis, and Procerovum sp., were detected. Larval gnathostomes were found in 58 (16.0%) out of 362 fish of 6 species, with mean intensity of 2.8 per fish infected. Metacercariae of O. viverrini were detected in 10 (2.9%) out of 349 fish of 5 species, with mean intensity of 16.9 per fish infected. Metacercarial prevalences of 4 intestinal flukes, H. taichui, H. pumilio, H. yokogawai, and Centrocestus spp., were 16.8%, 26.0%, 12.5%, and 15.0% in the positive fish species, respectively, and mean metacercarial intensity was 63.3, 26.8, 86.2, and 8.7 per fish infected. Metacercariae of S. falcatus and P. cambodiensis were detected only from the mullet, Chelon macrolepis. Metacercariae of Procerovum sp. were found in Channa striata and Anabas testudineus. Collectively, it was confirmed that the fish were infected with gnathostome larvae and metacercariae of O. viverrini and intestinal flukes in Yangon City, Myanmar.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.161-168
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• 1996

중국산 수입 미꾸리로부터 획득한 악구충 유충의 형태학적 특징을 관찰하고 종 동정하고자 하였다. Early third-stage larva($EL_3$)는 중국산 미꾸리의 내장에서 분리 수집하였고 advanced third-stage larva($AdL_3$)는 $EL_3$를 마우스에 실험감염시킨 후 4주에 회수하였다 미꾸리 및 마우 스로부터 획득한 충체들을 10% formalin으로 고정하였고 alcohol-glycerin 용액을 거쳐 glycerinfelly로 봉입한 후 관찰 및 계측하였다. 총 9 493마리의 중국산 미꾸리를 조사하였던 바 총 369마리의 $EL_3$가 검출되었다. $EL_3$는 평균 0.624{\;}{\times}{\;}0.101 mm 크기이었고 체표면에 약 190 줄의 가로주름(transverse striation)이 나 있었으며 각 주름에는 미세한 가시(cuticularspine)들 이 일정한 간격으로 배열되어 있었다. 충체의 전단에는 1쌍의 구순이 돌출되어 있었고 그 뒤로 근 육성의 인두(평균 0.229 mal)와 갈색의 장이 이어졌으며 후단 근처의 복측에 항문이 개구하였다 특징적인 head bulb(평균 0.034{\;}{\times}{\;}0.071 mm)에는 소구(hooklets)가 평균 36 7개, 39.5개, 41.6개 및 44.3개씩 4줄 배열되어 있었고 head bulb 바로 뒤에는 2쌍의 cervical sac(평균 0.133 mm)이 인두를 따라 길이로 배열되어 있었다. AdLB는 평균 $2.660{\;}{\times}{\;}0.346{\;}mm$ 크기이었고 충체 전단의 구순 특징적인 head bulb(평균 $0.097{\;}{\times}{\;}0.193{\;}mm$), 근육성의 인두(평균 0.755 mm), 2쌍의 cewicalsac(평균 0.355 mm). 갈색의 장 등을 가지고 있었다 대부분의 충체 head bulb에는 소구가 평균 39.0개, 41 9개, 43.9개 및 45.6개씩 4줄 배열되어 있었으나 몇 몇 충체에서는 5번째 줄에 3~7개의 소구가 배열되어 있었다. 이상의 형태학적 특징 및 계측치를 토대로 하여 중국산 수입 미꾸리와 실험감염 마우스로부터 획득한 악구충을 돼지악구충 (Gnathostoma hispidum)의 제3기 유충으로 동정하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 1998

국내 토착 악구충을 발견하기 위하여 1994년 3월부터 1997년 6월까지 미꾸리 3,450마리, 황소 개구리 24마리, 무자치 55마리, 능구렁이 2마리, 유혈목이 62마리, 살모사류 87마리 및 고양이 (stomach only) 438마리를 조사하였던 바, 12마리의 살모사에서 총 21마리의 악구충 유충이 검출되었다. 종 동정을 위하여 검출한 유충의 일부는 glycerin-jelly 봉입 표본 및 조직절편 횡단표본 으로 제작하여 광학현미경으로 관찰하였고, 일부는 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 유충은 평균 $2.233{\;}times{\;}0.343{\;}mm$ 크기이었고, 작은 피극이 일정한 간격으로 배열되어 있는 약 210줄의 가로 주름을 가지고 있었다. 특징적인 head-bulb에는 소구 (booklet)가 전방에서부터 평균 36.8개, 39.0개, 41.7개 및 44.3개씩 4줄 배열되어 있었다. 중장 부위의 횡단면에서는 19-25개의 상피세 포로 이루어진 장벽이 관찰되었고, 대부분의 장상피세포는 1개씩의 큰 핵을 가지고 있었다. 주사 전자현미경 관찰에서는 충체 전단의 입 부위, 특징적인 head-bulb, 가로주름 (transverse striation)과 피극 (cuticularspine), ceivicalpapilla, 후단 부위 표피 등에서 특징적인 소견을 나 타내었다. 이상의 형태학적 특징을 근거로 하여 한국산 살모사에서 검출한 악구충의 유충을 돼지 악구충 (Gnohostoma hispidum)의 advanced third-stage larva로 동정하였고, 이 연구를 통하여 살모사 (Afkisfodon breuicaudus)가 돼지악구충의 중간숙주임이 최초로 밝혀졌다.