• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.685-691
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• 2016

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) that parasitize the globally threatened swan goose Anser cygnoides have been long recognized since the early 19th century, but those records were probably biased towards sampling of captive or domestic geese due to the small population size and limited distribution of its wild hosts. To better understand the lice species parasitizing swan geese that are endemic to East Asia, we collected chewing lice from 14 wild geese caught at 3 lakes in northeastern Mongolia. The lice were morphologically identified as 16 Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius, 1805), 11 Ornithobius domesticus Arnold, 2005, and 1 Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758). These species are known from other geese and swans, but all of them were new to the swan goose. This result also indicates no overlap in lice species between older records and our findings from wild birds. Thus, ectoparasites collected from domestic or captive animals may provide biased information on the occurrence, prevalence, host selection, and host-ectoparasite interactions from those on wild hosts.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.567-573
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• 2019

An archaeoparasitological analysis of the soil samples from Nadym Gorodok site of Western Siberia has been carried out in this study. The archaeological site was dated as the 13 to 18th century, being characterized as permafrost region ensuring good preservation of ancient parasite eggs. Parasite eggs as Opisthorchis felineus, Alaria alata, and Diphyllobothrium sp. were found in the archaeological soil samples, which made clear about the detailed aspects of Nadym Gorodok people's life. We found the Diphyllobothrium sp. eggs throughout the 14 to 18th century specimens, allowing us to presume that raw or undercooked fish might have been commonly used for the foods of Nadym Gorodok inhabitants and their dogs for at least the past 400 years. Our study on Nadym Gorodok specimens also demonstrate that there might have been migratory interactions and strong economic ties between the people and society in Western Siberia, based on archaeoparasitological results of Opisthorchis felineus in Western Siberia.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.469-479
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• 2019

Plasmodium vivax is usually considered morbidity in endemic areas of Asia, Central and South America, and some part of Africa. In Thailand, previous studies indicated the genetic diversity of P. vivax in malaria-endemic regions such as the western part of Thailand bordering with Myanmar. The objective of the study is to investigate the genetic diversity of P. vivax circulating in Southern Thailand by using 3 antigenic markers and 8 microsatellite markers. Dried blood spots were collected from Chumphon, Phang Nga, Ranong and, Surat Thani provinces of Thailand. By PCR, 3 distinct sizes of $PvMSP3{\alpha}$, 2 sizes of $PvMSP3{\beta}$ and 2 sizes of PvMSP1 F2 were detected based on the length of PCR products, respectively. PCR/RFLP analyses of these antigen genes revealed high levels of genetic diversity. The genotyping of 8 microsatellite loci showed high genetic diversity as indicated by high alleles per locus and high expected heterozygosity ($H_E$). The genotyping markers also showed multiple-clones of infection. Mixed genotypes were detected in 4.8% of $PvMSP3{\alpha}$, 29.1% in $PvMSP3{\beta}$ and 55.3% of microsatellite markers. These results showed that there was high genetic diversity of P. vivax isolated from Southern Thailand, indicating that the genetic diversity of P. vivax in this region was comparable to those observed other areas of Thailand.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.23-23
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 아시아-태평양 지역을 대상으로 위성영상 기반 고해상도의 신뢰성이 있고 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 강수 자료를 제공하는 데 있다. 본 연구에서 개발한 기후 관리 시스템은 총 3가지의 위성자료(원시위성자료, 편의보정한 위성자료, 공간상세화한 위성자료)를 제공한다. 위성자료의 공간해상도는 $0.1^{\circ}$, $0.05^{\circ}$이며, 시간해상도는 1 day이다. 비교적 신뢰성이 높은 기후 자료가 구축된 한반도를 대상으로 위성영상 편의보정, 공간상세화 기법을 검증하고, 개발한 기법을 아시아-태평양에 위치한 바누아투에 적용하여 기후 자료를 생산하였다. 원시위성자료는 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission) 위성과 GPM (Global Precipitation Mission) 위성을 사용하여 구축하였다. 편의보정은 GRA-IDW (Geographical Ratio Analysis-Inverse Distance Weighted), GRA-Kriging, QM (Quantile Mapping) 기법을 검토하여 본 연구에 적합한 알고리즘을 개발하고 이 중 최적의 결과를 보여주는 GRA-IDW 기법을 최종적으로 선정하였다. 공간상세화는 PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model)을 선정하여 수행하였다. 원시위성자료를 검증한 결과를 살펴보면 상관계수는 1998년부터 2017년까지 0.775로 비교적 정확도가 높게 나왔다. bias 값은 원시위성자료 값이 지상관측자료보다 과대추정하는 것으로 나타났다. 최종적인 편의보정 기법으로 GRA-IDW 기법을 선정하여 편의보정한 위성자료를 생산하였다. 공간상세화한 위성자료를 검증한 결과를 앞서 분석한 원시위성자료, 편의보정한 위성자료와 비교하면, 공간상세화를 수행하기 전보다 상관계수는 다소 작아지고, RMSE는 커지는 것으로 나타나나 그 차이가 크지 않아 공간상세화한 위성자료를 응용분야에 직접 사용할 수 있을 것으로 분석된다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 기법을 활용하면 아시아-태평양에 신뢰성 있는 기후 관측 자료를 제공할 수 있다. 향후 본 연구에서 선정한 대상지역 이외에 기상관측소의 수가 희박하고 불균등하게 분포하고 있는 아시아-태평양 지역에 본 과업에서 개발한 시스템을 적용하여 신뢰성 있는 기후 자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2019

Contaminated liver fluke egg in the environment has led to the high prevalence of human opisthorchiasis associated with cholangiocarcinoma in Southeast Asia. To find the effective lessening methods of Opisthorchis viverrini eggs in the contaminated environment, we investigated the temperature conditions for killing of these trematode eggs in vitro. Numerous O. viverrini eggs were obtained in the proximal part of uteri of adult worms from experimental hamsters. Mature eggs with miracidium were allocated by experimental groups (2 control: positive and negative and 4 treatment: 50, 60, 70, and $80^{\circ}C$) with 0.85% saline, and treated by the experimental plan. Eggs in each experimental groups were observed under the confocal microscope after stain with Propidium Iodide (PI) to evaluate the effect of temperatures. Eggs in 70 and $80^{\circ}C$ groups were all killed after over 10 min heated. Majority of eggs in $60^{\circ}C$ (10, 15, and 30 min heated), 70 and $80^{\circ}C$ (5 min heated) groups were inactivated. However in $50^{\circ}C$ group, below half of eggs were to be killed in all time lapse (10, 15 and 30 min). In order to prevent O. viverrini infection and cholangiocarcinoma, direct treatment of sewage by heating at 70 or $80^{\circ}C$ at least 10 min is essential. Therefore, treatment of O. viverrini eggs at a high temperature is a potential method for controlling egg contamination in sewage.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1069-1076
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• 2019

Objective: Yunnan is not only a frontier zone that connects China with South and Southeast Asia, but also represents an admixture zone between taurine (Bos taurus) and zebu (Bos indicus) cattle. The purpose of this study is to understand the level of genomic diversity and the extent of admixture in each Yunnan native cattle breed. Methods: All 120 individuals were genotyped using Illumina BovineHD BeadChip (777,962 single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]). Quality control and genomic diversity indexes were calculated using PLINK software. The principal component analysis (PCA) was assessed using SMARTPCA program implemented in EIGENSOFT software. The ADMIXTURE software was used to reveal admixture patterns among breeds. Results: A total of 604,630 SNPs was obtained after quality control procedures. Among six breeds, the highest level of mean heterozygosity was found in Zhaotong cattle from Northeastern Yunnan, whereas the lowest level of heterozygosity was detected in Dehong humped cattle from Western Yunnan. The PCA based on a pruned dataset of 233,788 SNPs clearly separated Dehong humped cattle (supposed to be a pure zebu breed) from other five breeds. The admixture analysis further revealed two clusters (K = 2 with the lowest cross validation error), corresponding to taurine and zebu cattle lineages. All six breeds except for Dehong humped cattle showed different degrees of admixture between taurine and zebu cattle. As expected, Dehong humped cattle showed no signature of taurine cattle influence. Conclusion: Overall, considerable genomic diversity was found in six Yunnan native cattle breeds except for Dehong humped cattle from Western Yunnan. Dehong humped cattle is a pure zebu breed, while other five breeds had admixed origins with different extents of admixture between taurine and zebu cattle. Such admixture by crossbreeding between zebu and taurine cattle facilitated the spread of zebu cattle from tropical and subtropical regions to other highland regions in Yunnan.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.309-318
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• 2020

Besides respiratory infection, COVID-19 has many neurological symptoms not only loss of smell and taste but also fatigue and brain fog. But it is a challenge to treat the neurological symptoms especially of anosmia and ageusia. In order to search for the therapeutic methods, the geographical diversity and pathological mechanisms of the COVID-19 and two symptoms were investigated from the latest clinical studies. Because the environmental conditions of the monsoon climate zone of East Asia and the Mediterranean and Oceanic climate zone of Italy, Britain, United States and tropical Brazil are different, each of diverse etiology and internal milieu should be considered differently in the treatment. SARS-CoV-2 exhibits the dampness-like characteristics and the olfactory and gustatory disorders are particularly more common than other flu or cold. and it tends to show features of damaging the lung qi of olfaction and heart-spleen qi of gustation. The mechanisms of olfactory and gustatory loss are various according to precursory, inflammatory, non-inflammatory and sequelar forms, so the therapeutic method should be designed for each period and pathology. If the process of inflammation arises from nasal and respiratory, olfactory epithelium to the central nervous structure by way of blood brain barrier, the treatment should be corresponded with the stage and depth of pathogen place. And if the olfactory loss is asymptomatic or in the initial stage, it can be applied intranasal topical scent therapy to relieve temporary locking of qi movement, but maybe also used in parallel together with herbs of relieving dampness toxin latent in the lung parenchyma.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.417-427
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• 2010

랑카위 군도는 말레이 반도 서부해안 타일랜드-말레이시아 국경 부근 30 km 서쪽 해상에 위치하고 있으며, 약 $479km^2$에 걸쳐 99(+5)개의 섬으로 구성되어 있다. 동식물에서의 생물학적 다양성과 함께 랑카위 군도는 암석의 다양성, 풍광의 다양성 및 화석의 다양성을 포함하는 지질학적 다양성도 보여준다. 이러한 생물학적 다양성과 지질학적 다양성은 랑카위 군도를 동남아시아의 새롭게 떠오르는 생태관광 중심지로 이끌었으며, 결과로 2007년 7월 1일 유네스코에 의해 동남아시아 최초의 세계지질공원으로 지정되었다. 오늘날의 랑카위 지질공원의 지질학적 다양성은 고생대 동안의 다양한 퇴적계와 고환경 하에서의 오랜 퇴적사와 함께 중생대 초까지 일어났던 지구조 및 마그마 활동에 이어 현재의 아름다운 풍광으로 침식시킨 지표작용의 결과이다. 랑카위 지질공원에 노출되어 있는 고생대 퇴적층은 하부로부터 캠브리아기의 Machinchang층, 오오도비스-데본기 초기의 Setul층, 데본기 후기-석탄기의 Singa층 및 페름기의 Chuping층을 포함하는 4개의 층으로 세분된다. 이러한 퇴적층은 섬의 동쪽으로 갈수록 젊어지나, 섬의 동부에서 Kisap 트러스트에 의해 단절되어진다. 상부가 서쪽으로 이동되어진 키삽 트러스트는 시대가 오래된 Setul층(그리고 아마도 Machinchang층과 함께)을 동쪽으로부터 이동시켜 섬의 중앙 축 부군에서 시대가 젊은 Chuping층 또는 Singa층 상위에 올려놓았다. 트라이아스기 Gunnung Raya 화강암은 고생대 퇴적층들을 관입하여 부분적으로 다양한 접촉 변성작용을 일으켜 지역적으로 주석을 함유하는 광상을 형성시켰다. 트라이아스기 이후의 지질역사는 랑카위 군도에서는 잘 알려져 있지 않고 있어 쥬라기 초기 이후 랑카위 군도의 암석들은 열대성 풍화의 영향을 받아왔으며 그 영향은 현재까지 지속되고 있다. 이러한 열대성 풍화 현상은 오늘날의 랑카위 군도의 아름다은 풍광을 만들어 내는데 매우 중요한 역할을 하였다.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.133-145
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 2009년 북서태평양 태풍활동의 특성과 이에 영향을 끼친 대기 순환장을 분석하였다. 2009년에 북서태평양에서는 평년(1979~2009 평균값: 25.8개)보다 적은 22개의 태풍이 발생했는데, 7~10월에 집중적으로 발생하였다. 태풍의 발생은 필리핀 북쪽 해역과 북서태평양 동쪽 지역에서 많았고, 발생한 태풍은 대기순환 흐름에 의해서 대부분 남중국해와 일본 동쪽으로 향했다. 상대적으로 동중국해와 우리나라로 접근하는 태풍은 적었다. 대기대순환 관점에서 보았을 때, 2009년 태풍활동은 엘니뇨 현상과 서태평양 지역의 평년보다 활발한 대류활동에 의해 유도된 대기순환에 의해 영향을 받았다. 잘 알려진 바와 같이, 엘니뇨 시기에는 열대 해수면 온도의 동서 경도에 의해 서태평양 적도 지역에서는 강한 서풍 아노말리가 유도되는데, 2009년에도 이들의 영향으로 북서태평양 몬순 기압골이 동쪽으로 크게 확장되었고, 태풍의 발생 위치도 평년보다 동쪽으로 치우쳤다. 또한, 서태평양 지역의 강한 대류활동으로부터 유도된 로스비파가 남중국해로부터 중위도로 전파되면서 남중국 지역에서는 지향류의 동풍 아노말리, 동중국해 및 한국 근처에서는 북서풍 아노말리, 일본 동쪽에서는 남서풍 아노말리가 연이어 나타났다. 이로 인해 태풍의 진로가 동중국해 및 한국으로 진행하지 못하고 남중국해와 일본 동쪽 해상으로 유도되었다. 결과적으로 우리나라는 최근 21년 만에 직접적으로 영향을 준 태풍이 없는 무태풍년으로 기록되었다. 2009년의 예와 같이 평년과 크게 다른 태풍의 활동과 관련 대규모 순환장 패턴을 분석하는 연구를 통해 앞으로 기후변화에 따른 동아시아에서 지역별 태풍 영향에 대한 예측성 향상에 도움을 줄 것으로 기대한다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.727-733
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• 2013

Despite the existence of effective anthelmintics, parasitic infections remain a major public health problem in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. In rural communities, continuing infection is often reinforced by dietary habits that have a strong cultural basis and by poor personal hygiene and sanitation. This study presents a survey of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the people in rural Thailand. The community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in villages in Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand, from July to August 2013. A total of 253 stool samples from 102 males and 140 females, aged 2-80 years, were prepared using formalin-ethyl acetate concentration methods and examined using light microscopy. Ninety-four individuals (37.2%) were infected with 1 or more parasite species. Presence of parasitic infection was significantly correlated with gender (P=0.001); nearly half of males in this survey (49.0%) were infected. Older people had a higher prevalence than younger members of the population. The most common parasite found was Opisthorchis viverrini (26.9%), followed by Strongyloides stercoralis (9.5%), Taenia spp. (1.6%), echinostomes (0.4%), and hookworms (0.4%). The prevalence of intestinal protozoa was Blastocystis hominis 1.6%, Entamoeba histolytica 0.8%, Entamoeba coli 0.8%, Balantidium coli 0.4%, Iodamoeba b$\ddot{u}$tschlii 0.4%, and Sarcocystis hominis 0.4%. Co-infections of various helminths and protozoa were present in 15.9% of the people. The present results show that the prevalence of parasitic infections in this region is still high. Proactive education about dietary habits, personal hygiene, and sanitation should be provided to the people in this community to reduce the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections. Moreover, development of policies and programs to control parasites is needed.