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Original Article

Comparison of Functional Gene Annotation of Toxascaris leonina and Toxocara canis using CLC Genomics Workbench
Ki Uk Kim, Sang Kyun Park, Shin Ae Kang, Mi Kyung Park, Min Kyoung Cho, Ho-jin Jung, Kyung-Yun Kim, Hak Sun Yu
Korean J Parasitol 2013;51(5):525-530.
Published online October 31, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.5.525

The ascarids, Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina, are probably the most common gastrointestinal helminths encountered in dogs. In order to understand biological differences of 2 ascarids, we analyzed gene expression profiles of female adults of T. canis and T. leonina using CLC Genomics Workbench, and the results were compared with those of free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. A total of 2,880 and 7,949 ESTs were collected from T. leonina and T. canis, respectively. The length of ESTs ranged from 106 to 4,637 bp with an average insert size of 820 bp. Overall, our results showed that most functional gene annotations of 2 ascarids were quite similar to each other in 3 major categories, i.e., cellular component, biological process, and molecular function. Although some different transcript expression categories were found, the distance was short and it was not enough to explain their different lifestyles. However, we found distinguished transcript differences between ascarid parasites and free-living nematodes. Understanding evolutionary genetic changes might be helpful for studies of the lifestyle and evolution of parasites.

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    International Journal for Parasitology.2024; 54(7): 379.     CrossRef
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    Scientific Data.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Jiayu Li, Na Li, Dawn M. Roellig, Wentao Zhao, Yaqiong Guo, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao
    Microbial Genomics .2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • The Combination of Phages and Faecal Microbiota Transplantation Can Effectively Treat Mouse Colitis Caused by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
    Xinwu Wang, Yating Xing, Yalu Ji, Hengyu Xi, Xiaohe Liu, Li Yang, Liancheng Lei, Wenyu Han, Jingmin Gu
    Frontiers in Microbiology.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Complete Plastome of Physalis angulata var. villosa, Gene Organization, Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetic Relationships among Solanaceae
    Xiaori Zhan, Zhenhao Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yadi Gao, Yanyun Jin, Chenjia Shen, Huizhong Wang, Shangguo Feng
    Genes.2022; 13(12): 2291.     CrossRef
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    Yi‐Ran Ding, Zhen‐Tian Yan, Feng‐Ling Si, Xu‐Dong Li, Qi‐Meng Mao, Sana Asghar, Bin Chen
    Pest Management Science.2020; 76(2): 769.     CrossRef
  • Environmental microbiology: Perspectives for legal and occupational medicine
    Saverio Giampaoli, Federica Alessandrini, Giovanni Vanni Frajese, Giovanni Guglielmi, Adriano Tagliabracci, Andrea Berti
    Legal Medicine.2018; 35: 34.     CrossRef
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Case Report

A Case of Sparganosis in the Leg
Kyung-Joon Lee, Na-Hye Myung, Hyun-Woo Park
Korean J Parasitol 2010;48(4):309-312.
Published online December 16, 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.309

The life-span of the sparganum in humans is not exactly known, but it may survive longer than 5 years in some patients. We experienced a case infected with a sparganum that is presumed to have lived for 20 years in a patient's leg. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, and she was admitted to a hospital due to ankle pain that was aggravated on dorsiflexion. She had noticed a mass on her knee some 20 years ago, but she received no medical management for it. The mass moved into the ankle joint 3 months before the current admission, and then the aforementioned symptoms appeared. A living sparganum was recovered by surgery, and the calcified tract near the knee was proved to be the pathway along which the larva had passed.

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    Ryo Miyahara, Osamu Akiyama, Naoko Yoshida, Mai Suzuki, Karin Ashizawa, Takuma Kodama, Yuzaburo Shimizu, Akihide Kondo
    Surgical Neurology International.2025; 16: 512.     CrossRef
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    Sukhpreet Kaur, Prakriti Shukla
    Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology.2023; 41: 101.     CrossRef
  • Spirometra species from Asia: Genetic diversity and taxonomic challenges
    Hiroshi Yamasaki, Oranuch Sanpool, Rutchanee Rodpai, Lakkhana Sadaow, Porntip Laummaunwai, Mesa Un, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Sakhone Laymanivong, Win Pa Pa Aung, Pewpan M. Intapan, Wanchai Maleewong
    Parasitology International.2021; 80: 102181.     CrossRef
  • A case of human breast sparganosis diagnosed as Spirometra Type I by molecular analysis in Japan
    Tetsuya Okino, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Yutaka Yamamoto, Yuna Fukuma, Junichi Kurebayashi, Fumiaki Sanuki, Takuya Moriya, Hiroshi Ushirogawa, Mineki Saito
    Parasitology International.2021; 84: 102383.     CrossRef
  • Apparent Sparganosis Presenting as a Palpable Neck Mass: A Case Report and Review of Literature
    Minhee Hwang, Hye Jin Baek, Sang Min Lee
    Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology.2020; 81(5): 1210.     CrossRef
  • Follow-up study of high-dose praziquantel therapy for cerebral sparganosis
    Peng Zhang, Yang Zou, Feng-Xia Yu, Zheng Wang, Han Lv, Xue-Huan Liu, He-Yu Ding, Ting-Ting Zhang, Peng-Fei Zhao, Hong-Xia Yin, Zheng-Han Yang, Zhen-Chang Wang, Siddhartha Mahanty
    PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.2019; 13(1): e0007018.     CrossRef
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    Soung Min Kim, Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah, Mi Young Eo, Yun Ju Cho, Suk Keun Lee
    Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.2017; 28(4): 1081.     CrossRef
  • Parasitism by larval tapeworms genus Spirometra in South American amphibians and reptiles: new records from Brazil and Uruguay, and a review of current knowledge in the region
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    Acta Tropica.2016; 164: 150.     CrossRef
  • Human sparganosis, a neglected food borne zoonosis
    Quan Liu, Ming-Wei Li, Ze-Dong Wang, Guang-Hui Zhao, Xing-Quan Zhu
    The Lancet Infectious Diseases.2015; 15(10): 1226.     CrossRef
  • Recurred Sparganosis 1 Year after Surgical Removal of a Sparganum in a Korean Woman
    Young-Il Lee, Min Seo, Hyun-Woo Park
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(1): 75.     CrossRef
  • Intramuscular Sparganosis in the Gastrocnemius Muscle: A Case Report
    Jeung Il Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Sung Min Hong, Tae Yong Moon, In Sook Lee, Kyung Un Choi, Hak Sun Yu
    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2014; 52(1): 69.     CrossRef
  • The genome of the sparganosis tapeworm Spirometra erinaceieuropaeiisolated from the biopsy of a migrating brain lesion
    Hayley M Bennett, Hoi Ping Mok, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Isheng J Tsai, Eleanor J Stanley, Nagui M Antoun, Avril Coghlan, Bhavana Harsha, Alessandra Traini, Diogo M Ribeiro, Sascha Steinbiss, Sebastian B Lucas, Kieren SJ Allinson, Stephen J Price, Thom
    Genome Biology.2014;[Epub]     CrossRef
  • Multiple Sparganosis
    Viroj Wiwanitkit
    Archives of Plastic Surgery.2014; 41(02): 181.     CrossRef
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    Y.-X. Li, H. Ramsahye, B. Yin, J. Zhang, D.-Y. Geng, C.-S. Zee
    American Journal of Neuroradiology.2013; 34(2): 327.     CrossRef
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    Min Seo
    Korean Journal of Medicine.2013; 85(5): 469.     CrossRef
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    Yves Harder, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Dennis Tappe, Sven Poppert, Alexandra Haeupler, Luise Berger, Birgit Muntau, Paul Racz, Katja Specht
    The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2013; 88(1): 198.     CrossRef
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Brief Communication

A small-scale survey of intestinal parasite infections among children and adolescents in Legaspi city, the Philippines
Kyu-Jae Lee, Yung-Kyum Ahn, Tai-Soon Yong
Korean J Parasitol 2000;38(3):183-185.
Published online September 30, 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2000.38.3.183

To determine the status of infection caused by intestinal parasites among children and adolescents living in Legaspi city, the Philippines, we performed a small survey by fecal examination for helminth ova and protozoan cysts with formalin-ether concentration method. Of the 64 examinees, the infection rate was 78.1%. The infection rates of primary school children, preschool children and adolescents were 95.5%, 64.7% and 87.5%, respectively. The infection rate in urban areas was 56%, and 92.3% in rural areas. The infection rates were 51% with Trichuris trichiura, 40% with Ascaris lumbricoides, 23.4% with hookworm, 15.6% with Iodamoeba butschlii, 14.1% with Endolimax nana, 9.4% with Entamoeba coli and 7.8% with Giardia lamblia. There were 33 cases with multiple infection (51.6%). Mixed infection with more than 3 parasites was observed in 15 cases, all of them being children and adolescents living in rural areas. By this survey, it was conjectured that helminthic infection is prevalent among children and adolescents in Legaspi, Philippines.

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Original Article
Discovery of Gymnophalloides seoi metacercariae in oysters from islands of the West Sea known as the habitats of paleartic oystercatchers
Woon-Mok Sohn, Yong-Suk Ryang, Jong-Yil Chai, Soon-Hyung Lee
Korean J Parasitol 1998;36(3):163-169.
Published online September 30, 1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1998.36.3.163

An epidemiological survey was performed to know the infection status of oysters with Gymnophalloides seoi metacercariae in 7 islands of the West Sea known as the habitat of paleartic oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus osculans, in Korea. The surveyed areas were Aphaedo (Shinan-gun, Chollanam-do), Jangjado, Sonyudo and Munyodo (Okdo-myon, Kunsan-shi, Chollabuk-do), Yubudo (Changhang-up, Sochon-gun Chungchongnam-do), and Polumdo and Chumoondo (Sodo-myon, Kangwha-gun. Inchon-shi). The oysters collected from Aphaedo, the known endemic focus, were examined monthly from August 1995 to October 1996 for observation of any seasonal variation of the metacercarial density. The average metacercarial burden was 761-2,077 by month, but the seasonal variation of the metacercarial density was not obvious. A total of 54 metacercariae was detected in 63 oysters collected from Yubudo. Out of 30 oysters from Sonyudo, 25 (83.3%) were infected with 1-66 metacercariae (12.6 in average). All of 50 oysters (100%) from Munyodo were infected with 3-162 metacercariae (53.5 in average). Only 4 metacercariae were detected in 100 oysters from Chumoondo. However, no metacercariae were found in 55 oysters from Jangjado and 50 oysters from Polumdo. From the above results, it was confirmed that G. seoi is still highly prevalent in oysters from Aphaedo, and several islands of the West Sea known as the habitats of paleartic oystercatchers are new endemic areas of this fluke.

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    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2019; 57(6): 705.     CrossRef
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    Jae-Hwan Park, Sang-Mee Guk, Eun-Hee Shin, Hyo-Jin Kim, Jae-Lip Kim, Min Seo, Yun-Kyu Park, Jong-Yil Chai
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    The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2001; 39(1): 31.     CrossRef
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