Serological and Molecular Detection of and in the Blood of Rescued Wild Animals in Gangwon-do (Province), Korea

Overview

Journal Korean J Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2017 May 17

PMID 28506045

Citations 11

Authors

Sung-Hee Hong

Hee-Jong Kim

Young-Il Jeong

Shin-Hyeong Cho

Won-Ja Lee

Jong-Tak Kim

Sang-Eun Lee

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Abstract

Infections of and are reported in many wild animals worldwide, but information on their incidence and molecular detection in Korean wild fields is limited. In this study, the prevalence of and infection in blood samples of 5 animal species (37 Chinese water deer, 23 raccoon dogs, 6 roe deer, 1 wild boar, and 3 Eurasian badgers) was examined during 2008-2009 in Gangwon-do (Province), the Republic of Korea (=Korea) by using serological and molecular tests. The overall seropositivity of was 8.6% (6/70); 10.8% in Chinese water deer, 4.3% in raccoon dogs, and 16.7% in roe deer. PCR revealed only 1 case of infection in Chinese water deer, and phylogenic analysis showed that the positive isolate was practically identical to the highly pathogenetic strain type I. In PCR, the positive rate was 5.7% (4/70), including 2 Chinese water deer and 2 Eurasian badgers. Phylogenetic analysis results of 18S rRNA and the β-tubulin gene showed that all positive isolates were US-type . To our knowledge, this is the first report of detected in Chinese water deer and Eurasian badger from Korea. These results indicate a potentially high prevalence of and in wild animals of Gangwon-do, Korea. Furthermore, Chinese water deer might act as a reservoir for parasite infections of domestic animals.

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