Monitoring Chigger Mites for Orientia tsutsugamushi in Field Small Mammals in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 2019-2020.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 PARASITOLOGY

Korean Journal of Parasitology Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-21 DOI:10.3347/kjp.2021.59.3.319

Young Yil Bahk, Seong Kyu Ahn, Jinyoung Lee, Hyung Wook Kwon, Sung Jong Hong, Tong-Soo Kim

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Abstract

Incidence of tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus) caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is steadily increasing. It is a mite-borne disease transmitted by chigger mites. In this study, the chigger mites were collected from field small mammals in Hwaseong-si (city), Gyeonggi-do (province), Korea, 2019 and 2020. The field small mammals captured were 56 Apodemus agrarius (94.9%) and 3 Crocidura lasiura (5.1%). A total of 7,531 chigger mites were collected from the captured small mammals. Using PCR test, 153 chigger mite pools were examined and 17 pools were reported positive for O. tsutsugamushi. The O. tsutsugamushi were identified to 5 strains; Jecheon strain was most prevalent, followed by Boryong strain. The other strains were OI011, Taguchi, and Shimokoshi. Collectively, these results provide essential regional information on mite-borne tsutsugamushi disease in the Hwaseong-si, and further contribute to bring awareness and rapid diagnosis for the tsutsugamushi disease.

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2019-2020年京畿道华城市野外小兽恙虫东方体恙螨监测

恙虫病东方体引起的恙虫病(恙虫病)发病率稳步上升。它是一种由恙螨传播的螨传疾病。本研究于2019年和2020年在韩国京畿道华城市(市)野外小型兽类中采集恙螨。野外捕获小兽类为黑线姬鼠56只(94.9%)，长爪鼠3只(5.1%)。从捕获的小兽类中共检获恙螨7531只。PCR检测153个恙螨池，其中17个恙虫病恙螨阳性。恙虫病体经鉴定为5株;以堤川株最流行，其次为保宁株。其他菌株为OI011、田口和下koshi。总的来说，这些结果提供了华城市尘螨传播的恙虫病的基本区域信息，并进一步有助于提高对恙虫病的认识和快速诊断。

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Korean Journal of Parasitology PARASITOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Korean Journal of Parasitology is the official journal paperless, on-line publication after Vol. 53, 2015 of The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. Abbreviated title is ‘Korean J Parasitol’. It was launched in 1963. It contains original articles, case reports, brief communications, reviews or mini-reviews, book reviews, and letters to the editor on parasites of humans and animals, vectors, host-parasite relationships, zoonoses, and tropical medicine. It is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December each year. Supplement numbers are at times published. All of the manuscripts are peer-reviewed.