Serological Surveillance of Scrub Typhus, Murine Typhus, and Leptospirosis in Small Mammals Captured at Twin Bridges Training Area, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2005-2007
- Authors
- Sames, William J.; Klein, Terry A.; Kim, Heung-Chul; Gu, Se Hun; Kang, Hae-Ji; Shim, So-Hee; Ha, Si-Jung; Chong, Sung-Tae; Lee, In-Yong; Richards, Allen L.; Yi, Suk-Hee; Song, Jin-Won
- Issue Date
- 1월-2010
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- Citation
- MILITARY MEDICINE, v.175, no.1, pp.48 - 54
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- MILITARY MEDICINE
- Volume
- 175
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 48
- End Page
- 54
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/117221
- ISSN
- 0026-4075
- Abstract
- Soldiers from the Republic of Korea and the United States conduct armistice military operations at Twin Bridges Training Area (TBTA) located near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and are exposed to zoonotic disease pathogens that small mammals and their potentially disease-carrying ectoparasites transmit. TBTA is a 36 km(2) rural training site with small villages and various forms of agriculture along its boundary. At TBTA, rodents, insectivores, and their ectoparasites are commonly found in association with unmanaged habitats of various densities of tall grasses, herbaceous plants, shrubs, briars, and crawling vegetation. Rodents and insectivores were collected during the winter (November December 2005 and December 2006) and early spring (March 2007), and serologically tested for the presence of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and leptospirosis antibodies. Of the six species of small mammals collected, Apodemus agrarius, the common striped field mouse and known reservoir of scrub typhus, was the most frequently collected (96.1%), followed by Crocidura lasiura (2.5%). Micromys mithaus (0.5%). Myodes regulus (0.5%), Mus musculus (0.3%), and Rattus aunts (0.1%). A. agrarius (56.1%). M. mac/this (66.7%), M. minutus (25%), and R. rattus (100%) were positive for scrub typhus antibodies. Only A. agrarius (14.7%) and C. lasiura (4.5%) were positive for murine typhus antibodies, whereas only A. agrarius (1.5%) was seropositive for leptospirosis. Seroprevalence rates of scrub typhus and murine typhus based on weight and sex of A. agrarius are presented.
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