著者
川合 覚 石原 優吾 笹井 貴子 高橋 史成 桐木 雅史 林 尚子 山崎 浩 平石 秀幸 千種 雄一 Satoru Kawai Yugo Ishihara Takako Sasai Fuminari Takahashi Masashi Kirinoki Naoko Kato-Hayashi Hiroshi Yamasaki Hideyuki Hiraishi Yuichi Chigusa
雑誌
Dokkyo journal of medical sciences (ISSN:03855023)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.40, no.3, pp.189-192, 2013-10-25

埼玉県在住の男性・64 歳.2012 年11 月初旬,近医で日本海裂頭条虫症の診断を受け,駆虫目的で本院消化器内科を紹介受診.外来で駆虫治療したところ,全長約250 cm の白色紐状で,全体的に肉厚感のある虫体を排出した.虫体は形態学的特徴より日本海裂頭条虫ではなく,クジラ複殖門条虫が強く疑われたため,遺伝子解析を行った.PCR によって増幅されたcytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 遺伝子(cox1)の全長塩基配列を解析したところ,既知のクジラ複殖門条虫の塩基配列と99%の相同性を示したことから,本症例はクジラ複殖門条虫症と確定した.該当患者は,便に白色紐状物が混入する2〜3 か月前に,生シラスを生食しており,これが感染源となった可能性が高いと考えられた.
著者
Jose Ma. M ANGELES Yasuyuki GOTO Masashi KIRINOKI Lydia R LEONARDO Kharleezelle J MOENDEG Adrian P YBAÑEZ Pilarita T RIVERA Elena A VILLACORTE Noboru INOUE Yuichi CHIGUSA Shin-ichiro KAWAZU
出版者
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
雑誌
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (ISSN:09167250)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.19-0126, (Released:2019-08-06)
被引用文献数
6

Humans and dogs live very close together and share various pathogens causing zoonotic parasitoses like schistosomiasis. A previous population genetics study done for schistosomes in the Philippines suggested that there is a high transmission level of Schistosoma japonicum among humans and dogs proving that the latter are important reservoirs for this zoonotic parasite. A more sensitive and specific test detecting schistosome infection in dogs will therefore strengthen the zoonotic surveillance, which might help in the possible elimination of this ancient disease. In this study, recombinant thioredoxin peroxidase-1 (SjTPx-1) and tandem repeat proteins (Sj1TR, Sj2TR, Sj4TR, Sj7TR) previously tested on human and water buffalo samples were used to assess its diagnostic applicability to dogs. Fifty-nine dog serum and stool samples were collected in the schistosomiasis-endemic municipalities of Calatrava, Negros Occidental and Catarman, Northern Samar in the Philippines and examined using the ELISA as compared to microscopy and fecal sample-based PCR. Samples positive for Babesia gibsoni and Dirofilaria immitis were also used to check for cross-reaction. Results showed that SjTPx-1 (80% sensitivity, 92.3% specificity) and Sj7TR (73.3% sensitivity, 92.3% specificity) have good potentials for diagnosing S. japonicum infection in dogs. These diagnostic antigens will therefore improve the surveillance in the transmission of the parasites from dogs to humans.