Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"Crocidura lasiura"

Original Article

Serosurveillance of Scrub Typhus in Small Mammals Collected from Military Training Sites near the DMZ, Northern Gyeonggi-do, Korea, and Analysis of the Relative Abundance of Chiggers from Mammals Examined: Heung Chul Kim, In Yong Lee, Sung Tae Chong, Allen L. Richards, Se Hun Gu, Jin-Won Song, John S. Lee, Terry A. Klein; Korean J Parasitol 2010;48(3):237-243.
Published online September 16, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.237

Abstract
PDF

Comprehensive quarterly serosurveillance on scrub typhus in small mammals collected from military training sites located near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), northern Gyeonggi-do (Province), ROK was conducted to determine the potential rodent-borne and associated ectoparasite disease risks to military personnel. A total of 1,196 rodents and insectivores representing 8 species, Apodemus agrarius (87.3%, n = 1,044), Mus musculus (5.4%, n = 65), Crocidura lasiura (3.3%, n = 40), Microtus fortis (2.6%, n = 31), Micromys minutus (0.3%, n = 4), Tscherskia triton (0.3%, n = 4), Rattus norvegicus (0.3%, n = 4), and Myodes regulus (0.3%, n = 4) were assayed for the presence of antibodies to Orientia tsutsugamushi. O. tsutsugamushi antibodies were detected in 6 of 8 species and seroprevalence determined; A. agrarius (45.6%), M. musculus (23.1%), M. fortis (48.4%), M. minutus (50.0%), T. triton (50.0%), and R. norvegicus (25.0%). A total of 31,184 chigger mites collected from 508 rodents and insectivores were slide-mounted and 10 species belonging to 4 genera were identified. Leptotrombidium pallidum (53.4%) was the most frequently collected, followed by L. palpale (15.7%), Neotrombicula tamiyai (14.3%), L. orientale (10.7%), L. zetum (3.1%), Walchia fragilis (2.1%), and L. gemiticulum (0.8%), while the remaining 3 species, L. subintermedium, N. gardellai, and Euschoengastia koreaensis were rarely observed (prevalence < 10%). In contrast to previous surveys, higher chigger indices of the primary scrub typhus vectors, L. pallidum (165.4), L. orientale (45.0), and L. palpale (21.4), were observed during the spring season.

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by

Comparative Evaluation of Different Tissues and Molecular Techniques for the Zoonotic Surveillance of Scrub Typhus
Georgina Parren Ritu, Waseema Arif, Krishan Kumar Sihag, Aravindasamy Chakravarthi, Terence Nathan Anthony, Lakshmy Srinivasan, Vijayakumar Balakrishnan, Ashwani Kumar, Elango Ayanar, Panneer Devaraju
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.2024; 24(5): 299. CrossRef
Prevalence of chigger mites and Orientia tsutsugamushi strains in northern regions of Gangwon-do, Korea
Soojin Kim, In Yong Lee, Sezim Monoldorova, Jiro Kim, Jang Hoon Seo, Tai-Soon Yong, Bo Young Jeon
Parasites, Hosts and Diseases.2023; 61(3): 263. CrossRef
Forecasting Scrub Typhus Cases in Eight High-Risk Counties in China: Evaluation of Time-Series Model Performance
Junyu He, Xianyu Wei, Wenwu Yin, Yong Wang, Quan Qian, Hailong Sun, Yuanyong Xu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Yuming Guo, Wenyi Zhang
Frontiers in Environmental Science.2022;[Epub] CrossRef
Co-effects of global climatic dynamics and local climatic factors on scrub typhus in mainland China based on a nine-year time-frequency analysis
Junyu He, Yong Wang, Ping Liu, Wenwu Yin, Xianyu Wei, Hailong Sun, Yuanyong Xu, Shanshan Li, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Yuming Guo, Wenyi Zhang
One Health.2022; 15: 100446. CrossRef
A Clinical Case of Scrub Typhus in the United States Forces Korea Patient with Eschar and Genetic Identification of Orientia tsutsugamushi Using Multiplex PCR-Based Next-Generation Sequencing
Seungchan Cho, Jon C. Allison, Kkothanahreum Park, Jin Sun No, Seung-Ho Lee, Kyungmin Park, Jongwoo Kim, Terry A. Klein, Heung-Chul Kim, Won-Keun Kim, Jin-Won Song
Pathogens.2021; 10(4): 424. CrossRef
Nationwide Incidence of Chigger Mite Populations and Molecular Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in the Republic of Korea, 2020
Min-Goo Seo, Bong-Goo Song, Tae-Kyu Kim, Byung-Eon Noh, Hak Seon Lee, Wook-Gyo Lee, Hee Il Lee
Microorganisms.2021; 9(8): 1563. CrossRef
Geographical Distribution and Epidemiologic Factors of Chigger Mites on Apodemus agrarius during Autumn in Korea
In Yong Lee, Jae-Won Lim, Jang Hoon Seo, Heung Chul Kim, Ku Jae Lee, Tai-Soon Yong, Won-Ja Lee, Jae-Ran Yu, Seobo Sim
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2021; 59(5): 473. CrossRef
Bimonthly surveillance of wild rodents and chigger mites in urban parks in Daegu from 2018 to 2019
Yeong Bu Kim, Moon Bo Choi, Ohseok Kwon
Entomological Research.2020; 50(12): 609. CrossRef
An overview of rickettsiae in Southeast Asia: Vector-animal-human interface
Van Lun Low, Tiong Kai Tan, Jing Jing Khoo, Fang Shiang Lim, Sazaly AbuBakar
Acta Tropica.2020; 202: 105282. CrossRef
Epidemiological Characteristics of Rodents and Chiggers with Orientia Tsutsugamushi in the Republic of Korea
Jung Wook Park, Dae Sung Yu, Gi Seong Lee, Jin Jong Seo, Jae Keun Chung, Jae Il Lee
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2020; 58(5): 559. CrossRef
Occurrence rates of wild rodent hosts and chigger mites and the infection rate ofOrientia tsutsugamushiin the central region of South Korea from 2015 to 2018
Moon Bo Choi, Yeongbu Kim, Da Young Kim, Ohseok Kwon
Entomological Research.2019; 49(8): 374. CrossRef
Scrub Typhus Outbreak in Chonburi Province, Central Thailand, 2013
Wuttikon Rodkvamtook, Narupon Kuttasingkee, Piyada Linsuwanon, Yutthapong Sudsawat, Allen L. Richards, Maneerat Somsri, Noppadon Sangjun, Chien-Chung Chao, Silas Davidson, Elizabeth Wanja, Jariyanart Gaywee
Emerging Infectious Diseases.2018; 24(2): 361. CrossRef
Molecular Epidemiology of an Orientia tsutsugamushi Gene Encoding a 56-kDa Type-Specific Antigen in Chiggers, Small Mammals, and Patients from the Southwest Region of Korea
Jung Wook Park, Sun Hee Kim, Duck Woong Park, So Hyang Jung, Hye Jung Park, Mi Hee Seo, Hyeon Je Song, Jung Yoon Lee, Dong Min Kim, Choon-Mee Kim, Byong Chul Gill, Hang Jin Jeong, Jeong Min Lee, Dong Ryong Ha, Eun Sun Kim, Jae Keun Chung
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2018; 98(2): 616. CrossRef
Rickettsia amblyommii associado a roedores e marsupiais nativos da Estação Experimental Rafael Fernandes da UFERSA, Rio Grande do Norte
Kaliane A.R. Paiva, Josivania S. Pereira, Zuliete A.A.S. Fonseca, Wesley A.C. Coelho, Guilherme M.S.L. Teixeira, Moacir F. de Oliveira, Sílvia M.M. Ahid
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira.2017; 37(6): 621. CrossRef
Infestação por carrapatos Argasidae e Ixodidae em pequenos mamíferos silvestres da Estação Experimental Rafael Fernandes, Mossoró/RN
Josivania S. Pereira, Thiago F. Martins, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Marcos G. Lopes, Marcelo B. Labruna, Kaliane A.R. de Paiva, Moacir F. de Oliveira, Sílvia M.M. Ahid
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira.2017; 37(7): 741. CrossRef
Geographical Distribution and Seasonal Indices of Chigger Mites on Small Mammals Collected on the East Coast of the Republic of Korea
Gab-Man Park, Ho-Sung Shin
Journal of Parasitology.2016; 102(2): 193. CrossRef
Seroepidemiological Survey of Zoonotic Diseases in Small Mammals with PCR Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Chiggers, Gwangju, Korea
Jung Wook Park, Jae Keun Chung, Sun Hee Kim, Sun Ju Cho, Yi Deun Ha, So Hyang Jung, Hye Jung Park, Hyun Jae Song, Jung Yoon Lee, Dong Min Kim, Jah Pyus, Dong Ryong Ha, Eun Sun Kim, Jae Il Lee
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2016; 54(3): 307. CrossRef
Catenotaenia dendritica (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae) and Three Ectoparasite Species in the Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, from Cheongju, Korea
Seongjun Choe, Dongmin Lee, Hansol Park, Hyeong-Kyu Jeon, Youngsun Lee, Ki-Jeong Na, In-Yong Lee, Keeseon S. Eom
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2016; 54(4): 509. CrossRef
Protective and Pathogenic Roles of CD8+ T Lymphocytes in Murine Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection
Matthias Hauptmann, Julia Kolbaum, Stefanie Lilla, David Wozniak, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Bernhard Fleischer, Christian A. Keller, Nicholas P. Day
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.2016; 10(9): e0004991. CrossRef
Prevalence and molecular characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii and Babesia microti from small mammals captured in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea
Sung-Hee Hong, Sang-Eun Lee, Young-Il Jeong, Heung-Chul Kim, Sung-Tae Chong, Terry A. Klein, Jin-Won Song, Se Hun Gu, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Won-Ja Lee
Veterinary Parasitology.2014; 205(3-4): 512. CrossRef
Larval Chigger Mites Collected from Small Mammals in 3 Provinces, Korea
In-Yong Lee, Hyeon-Je Song, Yeon-Joo Choi, Sun-Hye Shin, Min-Kyung Choi, So-Hyun Kwon, E-Hyun Shin, Chan Park, Heung-Chul Kim, Terry A. Klein, Kyung-Hee Park, Won-Jong Jang
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(2): 225. CrossRef
Dissemination of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Inflammatory Responses in a Murine Model of Scrub Typhus
Christian A. Keller, Matthias Hauptmann, Julia Kolbaum, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Melanie Neumann, Markus Glatzel, Bernhard Fleischer, Mathieu Picardeau
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.2014; 8(8): e3064. CrossRef
Coincidence between Geographical Distribution of Leptotrombidium scutellare and Scrub Typhus Incidence in South Korea
Jong Yul Roh, Bong Gu Song, Won Il Park, Eun Hee Shin, Chan Park, Mi-Yeoun Park, Kyu Sik Chang, Wook Gyo Lee, Hee Il Lee, E-Hyun Shin, Xue-jie Yu
PLoS ONE.2014; 9(12): e113193. CrossRef
Are There Spatial and Temporal Correlations in the Incidence Distribution of Scrub Typhus in Korea?
Maengseok Noh, Youngjo Lee, Chaeshin Chu, Jin Gwack, Seung-Ki Youn, Sun Huh
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives.2013; 4(1): 39. CrossRef
Comparison of Dragging and Sweeping Methods for Collecting Ticks and Determining Their Seasonal Distributions for Various Habitats, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
Sung Tae Chong, Heung Chul Kim, In-Yong Lee, Thomas M. Kollars, Alfredo R. Sancho, William J. Sames, Terry A. Klein
Journal of Medical Entomology.2013; 50(3): 611. CrossRef
Monthly Occurrence of Vectors and Reservoir Rodents of Scrub Typhus in an Endemic Area of Jeollanam-do, Korea
Seung Hyun Lee, Young-Sun Lee, In Yong Lee, Jae Won Lim, Hee-Kwan Shin, Jae-Ran Yu, Seobo Sim
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2012; 50(4): 327. CrossRef
Ecological surveillance of small mammals at Dagmar North Training Area, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2001-2005
Heung Chul Kim, Terry A. Klein, Hae Ji Kang, Se Hun Gu, Sung Sil Moon, Luck Ju Baek, Sung Tae Chong, Monica L. O'Guinn, John S. Lee, Michael J. Turell, Jin-Won Song
Journal of Vector Ecology.2011; 36(1): 42. CrossRef
Detection ofRickettsia felisandRickettsia typhiand Seasonal Prevalence of Fleas Collected from Small Mammals at Gyeonggi Province in the Republic of Korea
Sungjin Ko, Heung-Chul Kim, Young-Cheol Yang, Sung-Tae Chong, Allen L. Richards, William J. Sames, Terry A. Klein, Jun-Gu Kang, Joon-Seok Chae
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.2011; 11(9): 1243. CrossRef

10,166 View
93 Download
Crossref

Brief Communication

Echinostome Infections in the Striped-Field Mouse, Apodemus agrarius, and the Ussuri White-Toothed Shrew, Crocidura lasiura, Caught Near the Demilitarized Zone, Gyeonggi-do (Province), Republic of Korea: Jong-Yil Chai, Jae-Hwan Park, Bong-Kwang Jung, Sang-Mee Guk, Jae-Lip Kim, Eun-Hee Shin, Terry A. Klein, Heung-Chul Kim, Sung-Tae Chong, Luck Ju Baek, Jin-Won Song; Korean J Parasitol 2009;47(3):311-314.
Published online August 28, 2009; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.311

Abstract
PDF

A total of 1,498 small mammals (rodents and insectivores), including Apodemus agrarius (n = 1,366), Crocidura lasiura (54), Mus musculus (32), Micronytus fortis (28), Eothenomys regulus (9), Micronys minutes (6), and Cricetulus triton (3), were live-trapped in Gyeonggi-do (Province) (Paju-si, Pocheon-gun, and Yeoncheon-gun) near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) from December 2004 to September 2005. A. agrarius was found to be infected with 3 species of echinostomes (Echinostoma hortense, Echinostoma cinetorchis, and Euparyphium murinum), while C. lasiura was infected with 1 species (Echinochasmus japonicas) of echinostome. Other mammals were free from echinostome infections. Total 16 E. hortense were detected in 7 (0.5%) mice, 9 E. cinetorchis from 5 (0.4%), and 3 E. murinum from 2 (0.1%) out of 1.366 A. agrarius examined. E. japonicus was found only in 1 (1.9%; total 3 specimens) C. lasiura. These results demonstrate that A. agrarius and C. lasiura, inhabiting near the DMZ of Gyeonggi-do serve as the natural definitive hosts for several species of echinostomes, although their infection rates are low. This is the first record of natural infections of A. agrarius with E. cinetorchis and C. lasiura with E. japonicus in the Republic of Korea.

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by

Global distribution of zoonotic digenetic trematodes: a scoping review
Yue Hu, Rong-Jian Zhan, Shi-Lin Lu, Yi-Yang Zhang, Min-Yu Zhou, Hui Huang, Ding-Ding Wang, Tao Zhang, Zi-Xin Huang, Yun-Fei Zhou, Zhi-Yue Lv
Infectious Diseases of Poverty.2024;[Epub] CrossRef
Infections of Intestinal Helminth at Two Species of Field Mice, Apodemus agrarius and A. Peninsulae, in Gangwondo and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Jae-Hyung Lee, Shuang Gong, Yung Chul Park, Hyun-Ju Kim, In-Wook Choi, Young-Ha Lee
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2018; 56(3): 301. CrossRef
Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Echinostoma hortense (Digenea: Echinostomatidae)
Ze-Xuan Liu, Yan Zhang, Yu-Ting Liu, Qiao-Cheng Chang, Xin Su, Xue Fu, Dong-Mei Yue, Yuan Gao, Chun-Ren Wang
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2016; 54(2): 173. CrossRef
Helicobacter apodemussp. nov., a newHelicobacterspecies identified from the gastrointestinal tract of striped field mice in Korea
Woo Jin Jeon, Hee-Jin Dong, Jae Hoon Shin, Il Yong Kim, Hungwui Ho, Seung Hyun Oh, Young Min Yoon, Yang-Kyu Choi, Jun Gyo Suh, Ki-Hoan Nam, Hyoung-Chin Kim, Seongbeom Cho, Je Kyung Seong
Journal of Veterinary Science.2015; 16(4): 475. CrossRef
Three Echinostome Species from Wild Birds in the Republic of Korea
Seongjun Choe, Dongmin Lee, Hansol Park, Mihyeon Oh, Hyeong-Kyu Jeon, Youngsun Lee, Ki-Jeong Na, Youngjun Kim, Hang Lee, Keeseon S. Eom
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(5): 513. CrossRef
Intestinal Helminthic Infections in Striped Field Mice,Apodemus agrarius, from Two Southern Regions of Korea
Woon-Mok Sohn, Byoung-Kuk Na, Hyeon-Je Song, Chung-Mo Kim, Gi-Jin Nam
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(4): 419. CrossRef
Intestinal Parasites among Wild Rodents in Northern Gangwon-do, Korea
Young-Il Lee, Hee-Jang Pyeon, Min Seo
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2013; 51(5): 603. CrossRef
Trematodes Recovered in the Small Intestine of Stray Cats in the Republic of Korea
Jong-Yil Chai, Young Yil Bahk, Woon-Mok Sohn
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2013; 51(1): 99. CrossRef
Fish-borne Parasitic Diseases
Jong-Yil Chai
Hanyang Medical Reviews.2010; 30(3): 223. CrossRef
Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia
Jong-Yil Chai, Eun-Hee Shin, Soon-Hyung Lee, Han-Jong Rim
The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2009; 47(Suppl): S69. CrossRef