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Volume 28(Suppl); December 1990

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  • “It All Started from Worms”: Korea-Japan Parasite Control Cooperation and Asian Network, 1960s - 1980s*
    Junho JUNG, Ock-Joo KIM
    Korean Journal of Medical History.2018; 27(1): 49.     CrossRef
  • Analysis of hazard on fresh and salted baechus (nappa cabbage, Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis) in Korea
    Jin-Woong Jeong, Kee-Jae Park, Jeong-Ho Lim, Jung-Min Sung
    Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry.2013; 56(1): 69.     CrossRef
  • Fifty Years of the Korean Society for Parasitology
    Seung-Yull Cho
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2009; 47(Suppl): S7.     CrossRef
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Amebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica infection has been a prevalent protozoan disease in Korea since old times. For this reason, a number of scientific publications in relation to this protozoa has totaled 186 so far in the literature, as of 1989. The subjects ranged from biology to its treatment and prevention. The overall achievement by scientists and clinicians in Korea has been meritorious in elucidating some of the pending problems in the areas of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Among them, development of a culture method applying diphasic medium, studies on virulence of the strains collected in Korea, and a combination of aspiration method and chemotherapy to treat amebic liver abscess are seen to have been contributing to the eventual goal of reducing this protozoa infection from the land.

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    Ju Yeong Kim, Myung-hee Yi, Tai-Soon Yong, Guilherme L. Werneck
    PLOS ONE.2019; 14(11): e0225508.     CrossRef
  • Amebic Liver Abscess Complicated With Inferior Vena Cava Obstruction
    Jin Kyeong Cho, Min Sung Kim, Jin Ho Shin, Yeon Sang Jeong, Ga Jin Lim, Na Ree Kang, Jae Phil Choi, Chul Hi Park, Min Young Kim
    Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society.2013; 17(4): 253.     CrossRef
  • Changing Patterns of Human Parasitic Infection in Korea
    Myoung-Hee Ahn
    Hanyang Medical Reviews.2010; 30(3): 149.     CrossRef
  • Spectrum of Opportunistic Infections and Malignancies in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in South Korea
    M.-d. Oh, S. W. Park, H. B. Kim, U. S. Kim, N. J. Kim, H. J. Choi, D. H. Shin, J. S. Lee, K. Choe
    Clinical Infectious Diseases.1999; 29(6): 1524.     CrossRef
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Pathogenic free-living amoebae
Im, K I
Korean J Parasitol 1990;28(Suppl):29-39.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.Suppl.29
Studies on pathogenic free-living amoebae performed in Korea were briefly reviewed. One strain of Naegleria fowleri was isolated from the sewage, and 3 strains of Acanthamoeba culbertsoni from a reservoir and the gill of fish. They were identified by morphological characteristics. Three strains among the 4 were experimentally proved pathogenic to cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in mice. The virulence of N. fowleri depended upon various factors such as strain, weight and sex of mice, and number of the inoculated amoebae. A. culbertsoni was found to retain cytolytic activities which were related to the pathogenicity. Also these amoebae were demonstrated to harbour the activities of acid phosphatase, peroxidase and ATPase. There is one case record of systemic Acanthamoeba infection in Korea, proved at autopsy. Cellular or humoral responses to these amoebae have been studied in vitro or in vivo. Immunization could reduce the mortality of experimentally infected mice.

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    Alaa Talal Qumsani
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    Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Naveed A. Khan, Julia Walochnik
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    Myoung-Hee Ahn
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  • Granulomatous Cutaneous Centrofacial and Meningocerebral Amebiasis
    Jenny Valverde, Jorge E Arrese, G??rald E Pi??rard
    American Journal of Clinical Dermatology.2006; 7(4): 267.     CrossRef
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis update—incidence, molecular epidemiology and new drugs for treatment
    D V Seal
    Eye.2003; 17(8): 893.     CrossRef
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Toxoplasma gondii can cause congenital as well as postnatal toxoplasmosis in humans and animals, and thereby elicit various kinds and grades of clinical manifestations. In the human host, especially the congenital type gives rise to serious complications and sequelae such as blindness and hydrocephalus. Serological tests such as Sabin-Feldman dye test, indirect hemagglutination test, indirect fluorescent antibody test, indirect latex agglutination test, agglutination test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and detection of circulating antigens or antibodies are popularly used for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis. In Korea, several local surveys during the past 20-30 years have shown that the antibody positive rates of patients in general hospitals ranged from 1.9% to 7.2%. Special clinical attention should be paid to immunocompromised patients, since immunosuppression is known to activate and aggravate latent toxoplasmosis, and in such cases the patients are often led to encephalitis, coma and death.

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    A-Tai Truong, Jinhyeong Noh, Yeojin Park, Hyun-Ji Seo, Keun-Ho Kim, Subin Min, Jiyeon Lim, Mi-Sun Yoo, Heung-Chul Kim, Terry A. Klein, Hyunkyoung Lee, Soon-Seek Yoon, Yun Sang Cho
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  • Clinical Characteristics of Cervical Toxoplasma Lymphadenitis
    Ha Na Lee, Seung Yeol Lee, Jin Hyeok Jeong, Yong Bae Ji, Kyueng-Whan Min, Kyung Tae
    Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.2021; 64(12): 901.     CrossRef
  • Parasitic infections and medical expenses according to Health Insurance Review Assessment claims data in South Korea, 2011–2018
    Ju Yeong Kim, Myung-hee Yi, Tai-Soon Yong, Guilherme L. Werneck
    PLOS ONE.2019; 14(11): e0225508.     CrossRef
  • Two Cases of Cervical Lymphadenitis by Toxoplasma
    Seung Chan Paik, Myeoung Ja Jeoung
    Journal of Surgical Ultrasound.2018; 5(1): 23.     CrossRef
  • Clinical Features of Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Korean Patients
    Young-Hoon Park, Jae-Hyung Han, Ho-Woo Nam
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2011; 49(2): 167.     CrossRef
  • Changing Patterns of Human Parasitic Infection in Korea
    Myoung-Hee Ahn
    Hanyang Medical Reviews.2010; 30(3): 149.     CrossRef
  • Review of Zoonotic Parasites in Medical and Veterinary Fields in the Republic of Korea
    Heejeong Youn
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2009; 47(Suppl): S133.     CrossRef
  • Coinfection Modulates Inflammatory Responses and Clinical Outcome of Helicobacter felis and Toxoplasma gondii Infections
    Calin Stoicov, Mark Whary, Arlin B. Rogers, Frederick S. Lee, Kristine Klucevsek, Hanchen Li, Xun Cai, Reza Saffari, Zhongming Ge, Imtiaz A. Khan, Crescent Combe, Andrew Luster, James G. Fox, JeanMarie Houghton
    The Journal of Immunology.2004; 173(5): 3329.     CrossRef
  • Immunological properties of the 30 kDa antigen of toxoplasma gondii
    D W Shin, Y H Lee, T J Rho
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1997; 35(1): 55.     CrossRef
  • Detection of Toxoplasma antigens and antibodies in mice infected with different strains of Toxoplasma gondii
    Y H Lee, K Y Kim, M S Kang, D W Shin
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1995; 33(3): 201.     CrossRef
  • Prophylactic effects of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Toxoplasma-infected mice
    YH Lee, DY Lee, DW Shin
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1993; 31(4): 363.     CrossRef
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Travel-related parasitic infections
Paik, Y H
Korean J Parasitol 1990;28(Suppl):45-48.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.Suppl.45
Among various kinds of tropical diseases, which tourists to tropical areas may be exposed to and return home infected with, the most important one from the Korean view point is malaria. The life cycles of Plasmodium falciparum and P. malariae could hardly be established even after importation, however, one cannot completely rule out a possibility of re-establishment of tertian malaria, due to P. vivax, in Korea. In view of this possibility, the current malaria situation in countries of Western Pacific and Southeast Asia is briefly discussed.

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  • Collaborating together: The stories of TPC, UA1, CDF, and CLAS
    Catherine Westfall
    Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences.2001; 32(1): 163.     CrossRef
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In view of the epidemiology and control strategy, ascariasis was reviewed with special reference to the data obtained for the past years in Korea. The range of length and prepatent period of A. lumbricoides to become fertile were 12.5-13.5 cm and 1.8-2.1 months for females, and 10.5-11.5 cm and 2.1-2.5 months for males, respectively. In the female worm burden 1 per case, the egglaying capacity steadily increased from 12.6 cm of their length up to 25.0 cm and then decreased significantly after their growth to 27.5 cm. Analysed the egg discharging pattern, it was turned out that the cases with six or more worms have no probability to be false negative or unfertilized ova passer, and 52% of all false negatives were found infected only with male(s). The sex ratio was in the range of 0.74-0.82 (male/female). Basic reproductive rate was calculated in the range of 1.16-2.11 in rural areas, but it was approaching nearly to the 'break point' in some areas. It was observed that the 'U-rate' was increased from 19.4% (1973) to 61.1% (1989) for the past seventeen years. According to the survey in 6 rural areas, the average worm burden was 2.2 per population and 4.5 per infected. The frequency distribution pattern of A. lumbricoides per person in a rural community was well fitted to the negative binomial distribution. Seasonal fluctuation was shown in two, smaller and larger, peaks. The annual prevalence in student group was initially 55.4% in 1969, but decreased to 0.3% in 1989, and it is evident that the decrease has been greatly owing to the national control project. It was proved that the efficacy of a quarter dose of pyrantel pamoate used in long term control programme was almost equal to that of conventional dose (10 mg/kg). The comparatie efficacy of various interval mass chemotherapy schemes was evaluated through 2 year observations, and it was confirmed that at least biannual mass chemotherapy is necessitated to expect gradual lowering of reinfection.In the case of blanket treatments with 2-month interval in a village, all of inhabitants have been free from reinfection for the period of 28 months after the initial treatment. It was fully recognized that without specific legislation and organization supported by the government, the national mass control programme has almost no chance of success, especially in developing countries.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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    Weidong Peng, Charles D. Criscione
    Infection, Genetics and Evolution.2012; 12(2): 227.     CrossRef
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    Chunhua Zhou, Keng Yuan, Xiaoli Tang, Ningyan Hu, Weidong Peng
    Parasitology Research.2011; 108(3): 703.     CrossRef
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    W. PENG, X. ZHOU, R. B. GASSER
    Parasitology.2003; 127(3): 283.     CrossRef
  • Drug‐based helminth control in Western Pacific countries: a general perspective
    Carlo Urbani, Kevin Palmer
    Tropical Medicine & International Health.2001; 6(11): 935.     CrossRef
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    M-S. Chan
    Parasitology Today.1997; 13(11): 438.     CrossRef
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Clonorchiasis in Korea
Rim, H J
Korean J Parasitol 1990;28(Suppl):63-78.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.Suppl.63
Since the first report on the incidence of egg positiveness of Clonorchis sinensis by Matsumoto in 1915, clonorchiasis has been recognized as one of the most important endemic diseases in Korea. Most of the works on clonorchiasis after then had been studied by Japanese workers until 1945. After the Korean War in 1950-1953, health problems of Koreans were extremely aggravated. This gave us attentions for the prevention of contagious diseases as well as parasitic infections in public health point of view. It was greatly recognized that not only ascariasis, hookworm infections, and trichuriasis, but also clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis constitute the important helminthic diseases in Korea. In the late 1950s, several Korean workers conducted studies of C. sinensis on its biology, epidemiology, pathology, clinical symptoms as well as treatment. Thereafter overall epidemiological surveys were carried out actively throughout the country since 1960s. From these surveys, it became clear that endemic areas of clonorchiasis are scattered all over the country along the Nakdong, Kum, Mankyong, Yeongsan and Han rivers. The most extensive and intensive endemic regions were found mainly along the Nakdong river. Since then, clonorchiasis has been one of the most extensively studied subjects during the past 30 years. The present review mainly deals with current results obtained by Korean investigators on the prevalence of clonorchiasis, as well as its biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.

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    Gab-Man Park
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    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1999; 37(4): 243.     CrossRef
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    S T Hong, K Yoon, M Lee, M Seo, M H Choi, J S Sim, B I Choi, C K Yun, S H Lee
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1998; 36(4): 249.     CrossRef
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    Stewart Sell
    Hepatology.1998; 27(2): 317.     CrossRef
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    Jae-Hyun Lee, Han-Jong Rim, Stewart Sell
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    J H Lee, H J Rim, U B Bak
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    S Huh, S C Huh
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Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Korea
Choi, D W
Korean J Parasitol 1990;28(Suppl):79-102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.Suppl.79
The lung fluke, Paragonimus, and lung fluke disease, were reviewed, especially on the works performed in Korea. Among 43 species of Paragonimus recorded in the world literature, P. westermani, P. pulmonalis, and P. iloktsuenensis are known to distribute in Korea. Biological studies on P. westermani have revealed that its snail intermediate host is Semisulcospira spp. and major second intermediate hosts are crabs such as Eriocheir japonicus and E. sinensis or crayfish such as Cambaroides similis and C. dauricus. The final hosts other than man are dogs, cats, pigs, and wild animals. Paragonimiasis has been known to distribute widely over the south Korea, however, the prevalence among people and intermediate hosts is gradually decreasing in recent years. In Korean people, the lung fluke have caused pulmonary infections in a great many of cases but as well extrapulmonary ones including cerebral, spinal, subcutaneous, hepatic, splenic, abdominal, urinary, gynecologic, and other types. The definite diagnosis of paragonimiasis can be executed by the recovery of eggs from sputum or feces of patients, however, immunological methods such as intradermal test, complement-fixation test, precipitin reactions, immunofluorescent techniques, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are greatly helpful for egg-negative or extrapulmonary cases. Various drugs have been introduced for the treatment of paragonimiasis, and among them, bithionol, niclofolan and praziquantel have shown high therapeutic efficacy. The most recommendable one is considered praziquantel. For control of this disease, mass chemotherapy of patients seems to be the most efficient and feasible measure.

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Research activities of medical entomology in Korea can briefly be divided into three periods. During the first period (1910-1959), medical entomology research was initiated by Japanese workers, and then by U.S. Army Medical Unit personnels and a few Korean pioneers, who greatly contributed to establishing a foundation for medical entomology in Korea. During the second period (1960-1979), research activities were intensively carried out by the entomology team of the Central Malaria Eradication Service and staffs of the Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health, who collaborated with WHO-Vector Ecology and Control Research Unit. During the third period (1980-present), studies were expanded to different research laboratories, such as Departments of Biology in College of Natural Sciences and Departments of Parasitology or others in Medical Schools, and study topics also became diverse. Out of 313 papers on Korean arthropods of medical importance, the majority were on mosquitoes (142 papers, 45.4%) and, next, on flies (53 papers, 16.9%). It is hard to see the future prospect of medical entomology research in Korea, since it looks pessimistic in some respects but optimistic in others. Korean medical entomologists may be quantitatively lacking, but not qualitatively behind.
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