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J Vet Sci. 2008 Sep;9(3):285-293 |
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Microbial pathogens in ticks, rodents and a shrew in northern
Gyeonggi-do near the DMZ, Korea
Joon-Seok Chae1,*, Do-Hyeon Yu2, Smriti Shringi2, Terry A. Klein3, Heung-Chul Kim4, Sung-Tae Chong4, In-Yong Lee5, Janet Foley6 |
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1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
2College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
3Force Health Protection, 18th Medical Command, Unit #15281, Box 754, APO AP 96205-5281, USA
45th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 18th Medical Command, Unit #15247, APO AP
96205-5247, USA
5Department of Environmental Medical Biology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
6Center for Vector-Borne Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
* jschae@snu.ac.kr |
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A total of 1,618 ticks [420 individual (adults) and pooled
(larvae and nymphs) samples], 369 rodents (Apodemus
agrarius, Rattus norvegicus, Tscherskia triton, Mus musculus,
and Myodes regulus), and 34 shrews (Crocidura lasiura)
that were collected in northern Gyeonggi-do near the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea during 2004-2005,
were assayed by PCR for selected zoonotic pathogens.
From a total of 420 individual and pooled tick DNA
samples, Anaplasma (A.) phagocytophilum (16), A. platys
(16), Ehrlichia (E.) chaffeensis (63), Borrelia burgdorferi
(16), and Rickettsia spp. (198) were detected using
species-specific PCR assays. Out of 403 spleens from
rodents and shrews, A. phagocytophilum (20), A. platys
(34), E. chaffeensis (127), and Bartonella spp. (24) were
detected with species-specific PCR assays. These results
suggest that fevers of unknown causes in humans and
animals in Korea should be evaluated for infections by
these vector-borne microbial pathogens.
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