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Sang Hyun Park	2 Articles
Four Additional Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection Confirmed by Analysis of COX1 Gene in Korea Sang Hyun Park, Hyeong Kyu Jeon, Jin Bong Kim Korean J Parasitol 2015;53(1):105-108. Published online February 27, 2015 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2015.53.1.105 Abstract PDF Most of the diphyllobothriid tapeworms isolated from human samples in the Republic of Korea (= Korea) have been identified as Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense by genetic analysis. This paper reports confirmation of D. nihonkaiense infections in 4 additional human samples obtained between 1995 and 2014, which were analyzed at the Department of Parasitology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea. Analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1) gene revealed a 98.5-99.5% similarity with a reference D. nihonkaiense sequence in GenBank. The present report adds 4 cases of D. nihonkaiense infections to the literature, indicating that the dominant diphyllobothriid tapeworm species in Korea is D. nihonkaiense but not D. latum. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by Dietary footprints of a global parasite: diagnosing Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis in non-endemic regions Wilson G.W. Goh, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Gabriel Z.R. Yan, Yuan Yi Constance Chen, Mark Dhinesh Muthiah, Lionel H.W. Lum Gut Pathogens.2025;[Epub] CrossRef Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis Chia-Kwung Fan, Daniel Barčák, Tomáš Scholz, Pasaikou Sonko, Martina Orosová, Kua-Eyre Su, Chun-Chao Chang, Yuarn-Jang Lee, Roman Kuchta, Mikuláš Oros Food and Waterborne Parasitology.2023; 33: e00213. CrossRef Population genetic structure of diphyllobothriid tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) parasitising fish in the Baikal Rift Zone IA Kutyrev, VA Mordvinov Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.2022; 148: 113. CrossRef Molecular Identification of Diphyllobothrium latum from a Pediatric Case in Taiwan Yu-Chin An, Chia-Cheng Sung, Chih-Chien Wang, Hsin-Chung Lin, Kuang-Yao Chen, Fu-Man Ku, Ruei-Min Chen, Mei-Li Chen, Kuo-Yang Huang The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2017; 55(4): 425. CrossRef Four Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense (Eucestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in China with a Brief Review of Chinese Cases Yu-Chun Cai, Shao-Hong Chen, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Jia-Xu Chen, Yan Lu, Yong-Nian Zhang, Hao Li, Lin Ai, Hai-Ning Chen The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2017; 55(3): 319. CrossRef Molecular Identification of <i>Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense</i> from 3 Human Cases in Heilongjiang Province with a Brief Literature Review in China Weizhe Zhang, Fei Che, Song Tian, Jing Shu, Xiaoli Zhang The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2015; 53(6): 683. CrossRef 9,455 View 65 Download 8 Web of Science Crossref A Case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection as Confirmed by Mitochondrial COX1 Gene Sequence Analysis Sang Hyun Park, Keeseon S. Eom, Min Sun Park, Oh Kyoung Kwon, Hyo Sun Kim, Jai Hoon Yoon Korean J Parasitol 2013;51(4):471-473. Published online August 30, 2013 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.4.471 Abstract PDF Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense has been reported in Korea as Diphyllobothrium latum because of their close morphologic resemblance. We have identified a human case of D. nihonkaiense infection using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene sequence analysis. On 18 February 2012, a patient who had consumed raw fish a month earlier visited our outpatient clinic with a long tapeworm parasite excreted in the feces. The body of the segmented worm was 2 m long and divided into the scolex (head) and proglottids. It was morphologically close to D. nihonkaiense and D. latum. The cox1 gene analysis showed 99.4% (340/342 bp) homology with D. nihonkaiense but only 91.8% (314/342 bp) homology with D. latum. The present study suggested that the Diphyllobothrium spp. infection in Korea should be analyzed with specific DNA sequence for an accurate species identification. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by Dietary footprints of a global parasite: diagnosing Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis in non-endemic regions Wilson G.W. Goh, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Gabriel Z.R. Yan, Yuan Yi Constance Chen, Mark Dhinesh Muthiah, Lionel H.W. Lum Gut Pathogens.2025;[Epub] CrossRef Repertory of eukaryotes (eukaryome) in the human gastrointestinal tract: taxonomy and detection methods I. Hamad, D. Raoult, F. Bittar Parasite Immunology.2016; 38(1): 12. CrossRef Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense: wide egg size variation in 32 molecularly confirmed adult specimens from Korea Seoyun Choi, Jaeeun Cho, Bong-Kwang Jung, Deok-Gyu Kim, Sarah Jiyoun Jeon, Hyeong-Kyu Jeon, Keeseon S. Eom, Jong-Yil Chai Parasitology Research.2015; 114(6): 2129. CrossRef Three Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea Hong-Ja Kim, Keeseon S. Eom, Min Seo The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(6): 673. CrossRef Extracorporeal Worm Extraction of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense with Amidotrizoic Acid in a Child Hye Kyung Shin, Joo-Hyung Roh, Jae-Won Oh, Jae-Sook Ryu, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Dong-Il Chung, Yong Joo Kim The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(6): 677. CrossRef Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea Su-Min Song, Hye-Won Yang, Min Kyu Jung, Jun Heo, Chang Min Cho, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Yeonchul Hong, Dong-Il Chung The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(2): 197. CrossRef Parasitic Infections Based on 320 Clinical Samples Submitted to Hanyang University, Korea (2004-2011) Sung-Chul Choi, Soo-Young Lee, Hyun-Ouk Song, Jae-Sook Ryu, Myoung-Hee Ahn The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(2): 215. CrossRef 9,230 View 83 Download Crossref