• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.41-44
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• 2002

Three anopheline mosquitoes in Korea were studied for their abilities as vectors for Plasmodium vivax. The female mosquitoes of Anopheles lesteri. An. pullus and An. sinensis were allowed to suck malaria patient blood until fully fed, and they were then bred for 2 weeks to develop from malaria parasites to sporozoites. The result from the above confirmed the sporozoites in one An. lesteri of one individual and five An. sinensis of six individuals. We also confirmed that An. sinensis was the main vector to transmit malaria and An. lesteri as well as An. sinensis were able to carry Korean malaria parasites. Therefore. we propose that diversified study is needed to manage malaria projects.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 1979

This survey conducted to know the species of helminth parasites of cats slaughtered in Daegu during the period from July to September in 1977. A total of 65 cases of internal organs of cats was used for this examination. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1. Six species of trematodes belong to order digenea were found; Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbolt, 1875), Heteropheys heterophyes nocens (Onji et Nisinio, 1915), Metagonismus yokogawai(Katsurada, 1912), Centrocestus sp. Echinochasmus perfoliattlus (Ratz, 1908), and Echinopharyphium sp. 2. Five species except Clonorchis sinens are firstly recorded in cats in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.393-395
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• 2009

Cochlosoma sp. infection was identified in a single case among 60 stunted diarrheic native turkey poults, Meleagris galopavo. A large number of the flagellated parasites was found free or within the intervillous spaces of the jejunum, ileum and cecum. Moderate enteritis was associated with the parasites. In TEM studies of the parasagittal sections of the parasite, a prominent ventral sucker like disc and flagella emerging from an opening on the ventrodorsal surface of the pyriform uninuclear parasite were found. The morphological characteristics of this protozoan match with those described for Cochlosoma anatis. The parasite could be considered as an intestinal pathogenic protozoan causing stunting and diarrhea in turkeys in Iran.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.421-424
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• 2009

Malaria parasites adapt to the oxidative stress during their erythrocytic stages with the help of vital thioredoxin redox system and glutathione redox system. Glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase are important enzymes of these redox systems that help parasites to maintain an adequate intracellular redox environment. In the present study, activities of glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase were investigated in normal and Plasmodium berghei-infected mice red blood cells and their fractions. Activities of glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase in P. berghei-infected host erythrocytes were found to be higher than those in normal host cells. These enzymes were mainly confined to the cytosolic part of cell-free P. berghei. Full characterization and understanding of these enzymes may promise advances in chemotherapy of malaria.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2003년도 춘계 수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.388-388
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• 2003

Parasitic organisms in the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarium were investigated from May 2001 to April 2002 from a population of clam inhabiting intertidal zone of Shi-Heung Ri on the west coast of Jeju. Perkinsus atlanticus and Cecaria tapidis were the two main parasites that occurred firequently among the clams. Occurrence of P atlanticus varied seasonally with lowest level in late September 2001 (6.0%) and highest infection level in March 2002 (86.0%). (omitted)

• 한국수의병리학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.69-71
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• 1999

A case of chronic cholangiohepatitis associated with Eimeria spp. is reported in a 6-month-old, male, native Korean goat. The goat died after having a 1-week history of diarrhea, anorexia and weight loss. At necropsy, numerous multifocal to coalescing, pale and mottled red foci were present throughout the liver. Histologically, numerous coccidian parasites in both sexual and asexual stages were found in the intrahepatic biliary epithelia and bile duct lumens. Based on the light microscopic and ultrastrastructural features, the parasites present in the liver were compatible with the genus Eimeria ; however, the species was not speciated.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.175-217
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• 2012

Thirteen species of sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) are described as parasites of marine fishes from Korea including three new species such as Pseudocaligus longipes n. sp. from Siganus fuscesens (Houttuyn), Lepeophtheirus tamladus n. sp. from Sebastes inermis Cuvier, and Lepeophtheirus gusevi n. sp. from Sebasetes schlegeli Hilgendorf. Remaining ten species are new to Korea: Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832; C. equulae Ho and Lin, 2003; C. fistulariae Yamaguti, 1936; C. laticaudus Shiino, 1960; C. rotundigenitalis Y$\ddot{u}$, 1933; Metacaligus uruguayensis (Thomsen, 1949); Lepeophtheirus atypicus Lin, Ho and Chen, 1996; L. parvulus Shiino, 1952; Anuretes quadrilaterus Shiino, 1954; and Pseudanuretes chaetodontis Yamaguti, 1936.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.301-314
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• 1995

한국산 망상어에 기생하는 요각류 2 신종, 즉 Poecilostomatoida 목에 속하는 Colobomatus similis n. sp.와 Siphonostomatoida 목에 속하는 Caligus latus n. sp.를 기재하였다. 후자는 넷째 다리의 외지가 1마디로 되어 있어서 매우 특이하다. Caligus tanago Yamaguti도 과거에 불완전하게 기록되었기에 재기재하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 1976

Korea Parasite Eradication Association alleged in its seasonal report spring/1975 that 36.8 percent of primary, middle and high school students in Seoul area are infected with parasites. For the purpose of a comparative study between the high rate of parasite infection among Korean students and that of parasite eggs attached to vegetables which perform intermediary role in carrying the eggs to human body, such vegetables as lettuce, Korean cabbage, young radish, green onion, cabbage which are on sale at several markets in Seoul city are sampled at random for study. The infection rate of parasitic eggs and larvae on vegetables is studied twice while the detaching mean while removing rate of eggs and larvae in proportion to the number of washing them is studied three times. Every 300 grams of vegetables is taken at random for examination and every one of them is washed with a hard brush and then the kinds of parasite eggs and the ratio of eggs attached to them are studied.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2023

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasitic organism affecting all warm-blooded vertebrates. Due to the unavailability of commercialized human T. gondii vaccine, many studies have been reported investigating the protective efficacy of pre-clinical T. gondii vaccines expressing diverse antigens. Careful antigen selection and implementing multifarious immunization strategies could enhance protection against toxoplasmosis in animal models. Although none of the available vaccines could remove the tissue-dwelling parasites from the host organism, findings from these pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies highlighted their developmental potential and provided insights into rational vaccine design. We herein explored the progress of T. gondii vaccine development using DNA, protein subunit, and virus-like particle vaccine platforms. Specifically, we summarized the findings from the pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies involving T. gondii challenge infection in mice published in the past 5 years.