7 results match your criteria: "Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City[Affiliation]"
Emerging hantavirus infection in wild rodents captured in suburbs of Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
June 2022
Division of Infectious Disease Investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Background: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses is a frequently reported acute hemorrhagic fever in South Korea. These viruses are transmitted by various rodent species such as Apodemus agrarius.
Methodology/principal Findings: To investigate hantavirus infection and seroprevalence in rodents, wild rodents were captured from two districts in the suburbs of Gwangju Metropolitan City from January 2016 to December 2018.
First report of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto detection in a commune genospecies in Apodemus agrarius in Gwangju, South Korea.
Sci Rep
September 2021
Division of Infectious Disease Investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, South Korea.
Article Synopsis
- * Out of the rodents tested, 29.6% were positive for Borrelia, with the heart having the highest infection rate at 25.9%.
- * This research is significant as it is the first report of B. burgdorferi sensu stricto infection in wild rodents in South Korea, indicating that multiple Borrelia species could contribute to Lyme disease in the region.
Prevalence of Orientia tsutsugamushi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Leptospira interrogans in striped field mice in Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
PLoS One
March 2020
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Article Synopsis
- * Serological tests showed that 17.4% of the rodents tested positive for O. tsutsugamushi, while PCR analysis found 19.1% positive for A. phagocytophilum and 6.4% for L. interrogans, with A. phagocytophilum primarily located in the spleen and L. interrogans in the kidneys.
- * The findings
Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes nipponensis in Korea.
PLoS One
March 2020
Clinical Pathology, Gwangju Health University, Gwangju, South Korea.
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 484 ticks were analyzed, with the majority identified as Haemaphysalis longicornis; only I. nipponensis ticks were found to carry Borrelia species, specifically B. afzelii and B. miyamotoi.
- * The findings indicate that I. nipponensis ticks could potentially transmit the pathogenic B. miyamotoi to humans in South Korea, highlighting public health concerns.
First detection and identification of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in South Korea.
PLoS One
May 2019
Division of Infectious Disease Investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (Ca. N. mikurensis; family Anaplasmataceae) is an emerging tick-borne pathogen that causes a systemic inflammatory syndrome with thrombotic complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMolecular Epidemiology of an Gene Encoding a 56-kDa Type-Specific Antigen in Chiggers, Small Mammals, and Patients from the Southwest Region of Korea.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
February 2018
Division of Infectious disease investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, Korea.
A phylogenetic analysis of was performed to elucidate its antigenic diversity in chiggers, small mammals, and patients. Between September 2014 and December 2016, a total of 3,816 chiggers were identified within nine species of four genera in the southwest region of Korea: (49.9%; 1,907/3,816), (21.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeroepidemiological Survey of Zoonotic Diseases in Small Mammals with PCR Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Chiggers, Gwangju, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol
June 2016
Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangu 62287, Korea.
Serosurveillance for zoonotic diseases in small mammals and detection of chiggers, the vector of Orientia tsutsugamushi, were conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Gwangju Metropolitan Area. Apodemus agrarius was the most commonly collected small mammals (158; 91.8%), followed by Myodes regulus (8; 4.
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