• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제40권3_4호
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• pp.393-407
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• 2022

In this paper, a diffusive predator-prey system with Beddington DeAngelis functional response and the modified Leslie-Gower type predator dynamics when a prey population is infected is considered. The predator is assumed to predate both the susceptible prey and infected prey following the Beddington-DeAngelis functional response and Holling type II functional response, respectively. The predator follows the modified Leslie-Gower predator dynamics. Both the prey, susceptible and infected, and predator are assumed to be distributed in-homogeneous in space. A reaction-diffusion equation with Neumann boundary conditions is considered to capture the dynamics of the prey and predator population. The global attractor and persistence properties of the system are studied. The priori estimates of the non-constant positive steady state of the system are obtained. The existence of non-constant positive steady state of the system is investigated by the use of Leray-Schauder Theorem. The existence of non-constant positive steady state of the system, with large diffusivity, guarantees for the occurrence of interesting Turing patterns.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.173-176
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• 2012

Opisthorchis viverrini infection was found to be highly prevalent in 3 riverside villages (Ang Svay Chek A, B, and C) of the Prey Kabas District, Takeo Province. This area is located in the southern part of Cambodia, where the recovery of adult O. viverrini worms was recently reported. From May 2006 until May 2010, fecal examinations were performed on a total of 1,799 villagers using the Kato-Katz thick smear technique. In the 3 villages, the overall positive rate for helminth eggs ranged from 51.7 to 59.0% (av. 57.4%), and the percentage positive for O. viverrini was 46.4-50.6% (47.5%). Other helminths detected included hookworms (13.2%), echinostomes (2.9%), Trichuris trichiura (1.3%), Ascaris lumbricoides (0.6%), and Taenia spp. (0.06%). The prevalence of O. viverrini eggs appeared to reflect a lower infection in younger individuals (<20 years) than in the adult population (>20 years). Men (50.4%) revealed a significantly higher (P=0.02) prevalence than women (44.3%). The Ang Svay Chek villages of the Prey Kabas District, Takeo Province, Cambodia have been confirmed to be a highly endemic area for human O. viverrini infection.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1521_1522
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• 2009

Chemotaxis is the directed movement of cells in gradients of signaling molecules, an essential biological process that underlies morhpogenesis during development, and the recruitment of immune cells to sites of infection. Especially, bacterial chemotaxis has utilized as an important prelude to study metabolism, prey-predator relationship, symbiosis, other ecological interactions in microbial communities. Recently, novel analytical formats integrated with microfluidics were introduced to investigate the chemotaxis of the cells with the precise control of chemical gradient and small volume of cells. In this study, we present a method to detect bacterial chemotaxis by direct fluidic contacting. The developed fluidic-handling method is driven by capillary force, hydrophobic barrier and a cohesion force between fluids. We have investigated the chemotactic response of E Coli. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to three kinds of chemoeffectors such as HEPES buffer, peptone and chloroform.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.97-99
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• 2007

Waders inhabiting an area in which A. tyosenense is endemic were examined to determine if they serve as reservoir hosts for the parasite. Of the waders examined, 4 individuals from 2 species were found to be hosts for 18 to 1820 adult worms. Common and velvet scoters, which are known to be the final hosts of A. tyosenense, are rare in the infected areas, while waders are prevalent and prey on the bivalves known to be intermediate hosts of A. tyosenense. Thus, from the experimental results and circumstances presented herein, we conclude that waders are definitive and reservoir hosts of A. tyosenense in nature.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.263-270
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• 2012

본 연구는 자연산 어류와 양식어류 사이의 병원체 존재에 대한 상관관계구명을 위한 기초 연구의 일환으로서, 우리나라의 자연산과 양식산 넙치, 참돔, 감성돔, 조피볼락의 병원체 감염 현황을 조사하고 그 결과를 비교하였다. 기생충성 질병의 조사 결과, 자연산 넙치와 참돔에서 가장 높게 검출 된 Anisakis sp. (각 58.6%, 41.7%) 는 양식 넙치와 참돔에서 검출되지 않아 자연산과 양식산 어류에서 아주 큰 차이를 보였다. 이는 배합 사료를 공급하는 양식산 어류에 비해, 자연산 어류는 아니사키스에 오염된 갑각류나 작은 물고기 등을 먹이원으로 섭취하기 때문인 것으로 생각되었다. 세균성 질병의 조사 결과, 자연산 어류에 비해 양식산 어류에서 세균이 높은 비율로 검출되었으며, 양식 넙치에서 Vibrio sp.가 18%로 높은 비율로 검출되었다. 비브리오병은 주로 스트레스 등에 의한 2차적 세균성 질병으로 알려져 있는 것으로부터, 양식 넙치가 다른 병원체의 감염, 이동이나 선별, 빈번한 항생제 사용 등 스트레스 환경에 노출된 것으로 판단되었다. 바이러스의 조사 결과, 자연산 어류와 양식어에서 다른 양상을 보였으며, 양식 넙치에서 LCDV (3.9%) 가 가장 높은 검출률을 나타내었다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 자연산과 양식산에서 동시에 검출되는 병원체도 있었으나, 동일 수역에 존재하는 같은 어종이라도, 먹이나 환경에 따라 분리되는 병원체가 다른 것을 확인하였다.