Korean J Parasitol.  2005 Jun;43(2):65-67. 10.3347/kjp.2005.43.2.65.

Prevalence of Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina and Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Chuncheon, Korea (2004)

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  • 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. shuh@hallym.ac.kr

Abstract

The intestines and hearts of dogs were examined for Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina, and Dirofilaria immitis, after necropsy between June 26 and September 29, 2004 in Chuncheon, Korea. Of the 662 dogs examined, 6 were infected with T. canis (0.9%), 86 with T. leonina (13.0%). Fifty dogs were infected with D. immitis among 500 dogs examined (10.0%). Five were co-infected with T. canis and T. leonina, and three were co-infected with T. leonina and D. immitis. The cumulative positive infection rate for three species was 134/662 (20.2%). Considering previously reported seropositive rates of T. canis excretory-secretory antigen, i.e., 5% in the adult population in Korea, the possibility of toxocariasis caused by T. leonina should be reevaluated.

Keyword

toxocariasis; Toxocara canis; Toxascaris leonina; Dirofilaria immitis; prevalence; dogs; Korea

MeSH Terms

Animals
Dirofilaria immitis/*isolation & purification
Dirofilariasis/*epidemiology
Dog Diseases/*epidemiology
Dogs
Feces/parasitology
Heart/parasitology
Intestines/parasitology
Korea/epidemiology
Prevalence
Toxocara/*isolation & purification
Toxocara canis/isolation & purification
Toxocariasis/*epidemiology
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