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Molecular Detection of Toxoplasma Gondii in Haemaphysalis Ticks in Korea

Authors
 Ju Yeong Kim  ;  You Shine Kwak  ;  In-Yong Lee  ;  Tai-Soon Yong 
Citation
 KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, Vol.58(3) : 327-331, 2020-06 
Journal Title
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
ISSN
 0023-4001 
Issue Date
2020-06
MeSH
Animals ; Arachnid Vectors ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Republic of Korea ; Ticks / parasitology* ; Toxoplasma / genetics* ; Toxoplasma / isolation & purification* ; Toxoplasmosis / transmission
Keywords
Haemaphysalis ; Korea ; Toxoplasma gondii ; tick-borne disease ; tick-borne pathogen
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii are intracellular protozoa that can cause neurological disease or death in fetuses and even in immunocompromised human adults. Ticks are recognized as vectors of many microorganisms including viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. Recent studies detected T. gondii in various tick species in many countries. In this study, we performed PCR detection of the T. gondii B1 gene from Haemaphysalis ticks collected from vegetation in 4 localities, Wonju, Gunsan, Miryang, and Yangsan, in Korea. We analyzed DNA from 314 ticks (268 Haemaphysalis longicornis and 46 Haemaphysalis flava) and the B1 gene of T. gondii was detected in 13 of these. The detection of T. gondii in ticks differed significantly by region (P=0.021). T. gondii was detected in the following percentages of collected ticks: 3.7% (7 of 189) in Gunsan, 10% (5 of 50) in Wonju, 16.7% (1 of 6) in Yangsan, and 0% (0 of 69) in Miryang. The detection of T. gondii in ticks was not associated with tick species or development stage. This is the first report of T. gondii detection in ticks in Korea. Our results provide important information necessary to understand toxoplasmosis transmission.
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DOI
10.3347/kjp.2020.58.3.327
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Ju Yeong(김주영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-6298
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/179340
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