Studies on the Seroepidemiology of Helminthic Diseases in Korea

우리나라의 주요 기생충질환(寄生蟲疾患)에 대한 혈청역학적(血淸疫學的) 조사(調査)

In a seroepidemiological study in several areas of Korea, the ELISA technique was performed to determine prevalence of some important helminthic diseases in our nation during March $15^{th}$ to June $30^{th}$. 1991. In this survey the serum antibody positive rates of anisakiasis, toxocariasis, clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, cysticercosis, and sparganosis were measured. Among, 6,704 cases examined, 19.7% showed positive antibody titer at least one of the six items studied. Overall positive antibody rate was 8.1% in anisakiasis, 5.6% in toxocariasis, 3.6% in clonorchiasis, 1.7% in paragonimiasis, 4.5% in cysticercosis, and 2.6% in sparganosis respectively. In Pusan port southeastern part of Korea, antibody positive rate of anisakiasis was 2.9%, and clonorchiasis was 2.8% among 450 examine. In TaeJ$\check{o}$n city, central part of Korea. toxocariasis(6.7%) and anisakiasis(3.7%) showed high serologic positive rate. Of the 875 persons in Chunche$\check{o}$n gun(=province), northern central rural area of South Korea, anisakiasis was revealed as 3.4% seropositivity. In Tonghae port, eastern coast of South Korea. 9.9% of population examined showed positive antibody titer in anisakiasis. Of the 1,122 persons examined in Southern part of Cholla-Namdo(Southwestern coastal area of Korea), anisakiasis was 16.9%, cysticerocosis was 12.7% and the paragonimiasis was 3.3% respectively. In some localized area of Cholla-Pukdo, anisakiasis was 9.3% and cysticekosis was 4.3% among 702 cases examined. In some localized area of Kyungsang-Pukdo, anisakiasis was 10.6%. and toxocariasis was 16.1% among 900 cases examined. And finally, in Cheju-do, southern island of Korea, anisakiasis showed high positive rate(6.7%). Because cross reactions between related helminth group may disturb the analysis of these data, use of further developed techniques such as EITB(enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot) was considered as a essential tools for the study. We thought that probably most of the positive cases of cysticerosis were taeniasis cases. We can't rule out taeniasis even though EITB was employed as far as crude worm extract or cystic fluid of cysticercus was used as antigen. It was well Known that toxocariasis and anisakiasis also showed cross reactivity. However, the data presented here focus on seropositive rate of several helminthic diseases in Korea, not true prevalence rate of helminthiases, and to wait for more expensive purified antigen in sufficient amount for epidemiologic use is not necessary because increased immunologic sensitivity had little effect on epidemiologic sensitivity. We, here, suggest that ELISA should be applied as soon as possible to the evaluation of prevalence of tissue invading parasitic diseases, and a review of the antibody positive rate obtained in this study would be a basic data for controlling program of parasitic diseases in Korea.

폐흡충증, 스팔가눔증, 낭미충증, 아니사키스증, 개회충증 및 간흡충증의 혈청역학적 조사를 ELISA(Enzvme-linked immunosorbent assav)를 이용하여 시행하고 그 결과를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 총 6,074명에 대한 검사결과 19.7% 에서 한 종류 이상의 혈청항체 양성을 나타내었다. 이중 아니사키스증은 8.1 %, 개회충증은 5.6%, 간흡충증은 3.6 %, 폐흡충증은 1.7%, 낭미충증은 4.5%, 스팔가눔증은 2.6%의 혈청항체 양성률을 나타내었다. 부산지역은 총 450예를 검사하여 아니사키스가 2.9%, 간흡충이 2.8%의 항체양성률을 보였고, 대전지역에서는 675명중 개회충이 6.7%, 아니사키스가 3.7% 로 비교적 높은 양성률을 나타내었다. 춘천군에서는 875명중 아니사키스증의 혈청항체가 3.4%에서 양성을 보였고 동해시지역에서는 675명 중 아니사키스가 16.9%로 나타났다. 전남 남부지역의 1,122명은 전반적으로 높은 혈청항체 양성률을 보였는데 아니사키스가 16.9%, 낭미충증항체가 12.7 %에서 양성이었고 폐흡충은 3.3%가 양성이었다. 전북일부지역 702명에 대한 조사에서는 낭미충증 항체가 9.3%에서 양성이었고 아니사키스도 4.3% 의 양성률을 나타내었다. 한편 경북 일부지역 900명에 대한 조사에서는 아니사키스와 개회충 항체가 10.6%, 16.1 %로 나타나 높은 양성률을 보였고, 제주지역에서 675명을 조사하여 아니사키스에 대한 혈청항체가 6.7% 로 비교적 높게 나타났다. 이상의 성적은 물론 윤충류 상호간의 교차반응등 보다 확실한 검정이 필요하겠으나 우리나라 사람 있어서 몇몇 윤충류 질환에 대한 혈청항체 양성률을 조사한 자료로서 앞으로의 혈청역학적 조사에 기초자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.