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KMID : 0425120090470030219
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2009 Volume.47 No. 3 p.219 ~ p.225
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A Hospital-Based Serological Survey of Cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Korea
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Lee Jong-Kyu
Han Eun-Taek
Huh Sun
Park Woo-Yoon
Yu Jae-Ran
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Abstract
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The seroprevalence of cryptosporidiosis was examined using patients’ sera collected from hospitals located in 4 different areas of the Republic of Korea. ELISA was used to measure antibody titers against Cryptosporidium parvum antigens from a total of 2,394 serum samples, which were collected randomly from patients in local hospitals; 1) Chungbuk National University Hospital, 2) Konkuk University Hospital, 3) local hospitals in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do (province), 4) Jeonnam National University Hospital, from 2002 through 2003. Of the 2,394 samples assayed, 34%, 26%, and 56% were positive for C. parvum-specific IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies, respectively. Positive IgG titers were most common in sera from Jeonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, and positive IgM titers were most common in sera from Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Chuncheongbuk-do. The seropositivity was positively correlated with age for both the IgG and IgA antibodies but was negatively correlated with age for the IgM antibodies. Western blotting revealed that 92%, 83%, and 77% of sera positive for IgG, IgM, and IgA ELISA reacted with 27-kDa antigens, respectively. These results suggested that infection with Cryptosporidium in hospital patients occurs more commonly than previously reported in the Republic of Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Cryptosporidium parvum, cryptosporidiosis, seroprevalence, ELISA, western blot
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