Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Catenotaenia dendritica (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae) and Three Ectoparasite Species in the Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, from Cheongju, Korea

  • Choe, Seongjun (Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Dongmin (Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Hansol (Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jeon, Hyeong-Kyu (Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Youngsun (The Wildlife Center of Chungbuk) ;
  • Na, Ki-Jeong (The Wildlife Center of Chungbuk) ;
  • Lee, In-Yong (Department of Environmental Medical Biology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Eom, Keeseon S. (Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2015.12.16
  • Accepted : 2016.06.08
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

Parasites are recorded from the red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, from Cheongju, the Republic of Korea. A total of 5 road-killed squirrels were thoroughly examined for internal and external parasites from November 2011 to May 2014. Total 4 parasite species, including 1 tapeworm and 3 ectoparasite species were recovered. They were morphologically identified as Catenotaenia dendritica (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae), Hirstionyssus sciurinus, Leptotrombidium pallidum, and Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) indages. Among them, C. dendritica and H. sciurinus are recorded for the first time in the Korean parasite fauna. In addition, the possibility that the red squirrel could act as a reservoir host for a zoonotic disease like tsutsugamushi disease with L. pallidum as its vector has been raised.

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