Publications by authors named "Areum Kang"
Background: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes devastating disease characterized by reproductive failure and respiratory problems in the swine industry. To understand the recent prevalence and genetic diversity of field PRRSVs in the Republic of Korea, open reading frames (ORFs) 5 and 7 of PRRSV field isolates from 631 PRRS-affected swine farms nationwide in 2013-2016 were analyzed along with 200 Korean field viruses isolated in 2003-2010, and 113 foreign field and vaccine strains.
Results: Korean swine farms were widely infected with PRRSVs of a single type (38.
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and fragile X syndrome (FXS) are caused by mutations in negative regulators of translation. FXS model mice exhibit enhanced metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent long-term depression (mGluR-LTD). Therefore, we hypothesized that a mouse model of TSC, ΔRG transgenic mice, also would exhibit enhanced mGluR-LTD.
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- A study in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, analyzed fecal samples from 1,287 individuals between May 2007 and November 2009, finding an overall intestinal helminth egg positivity rate of 23.9%.
- The most common helminth detected was hookworms, affecting 21.6% of the population, with other species including echinostomes and Enterobius vermicularis present at lower rates.
- For the first time in Cambodia, adult echinostomes were recovered and identified as Echinostoma ilocanum after treating two patients with praziquantel, marking a significant finding in the region's parasitology.