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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
- Source :
- Military Medicine. 175:48-54
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010.
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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 km2 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 minutus (0.5%), Myodes regulus (0.5%), Mus musculus (0.3%), and Rattus rattus (0.1%). A. agrarius (56.1%), M. musculus (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.
- Subjects :
- Apodemus agrarius
Veterinary medicine
Rodentia
Scrub typhus
Disease Vectors
Murine typhus
Zoonotic disease
Serology
Rodent Diseases
Mice
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Republic of Korea
medicine
Animals
Leptospirosis
Disease Reservoirs
Chi-Square Distribution
biology
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Eulipotyphla
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne
Insectivore
General Medicine
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Rats
Scrub Typhus
Habitat
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1930613X and 00264075
- Volume :
- 175
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Military Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b8791dac9ca3dfaaa33152266eea6fd0