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KMID : 1044620180510040213
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
2018 Volume.51 No. 4 p.213 ~ p.214
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Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea
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Bae Jong-Myon
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Abstract
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Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in North America, and it was designated as a national notifiable infectious disease in Korea in December 2010. While no cases in Jeju-do were recorded from 2012 to 2016, a recent survey reported that the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in horses in Jeju-do was 19.0% (95% confidence interval, 12.0 to 28.3%). This fact suggests that horses may be a potential reservoir of LB in Jeju-do and that individuals in close contact with horses may be a high-risk group. Thus, a serological study in this high-risk group is urgently needed.
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KEYWORD
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Borrelia burgdorferi, Ixodes, Lyme borreliosis, Lyme disease, Tick
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