A seroepidemiologic survey for human sparganosis in Gangweon-do
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Gangweon-do is known to be highly endemic area of sparganosis more thanother provinces in Korea. A seroepidmiologic examination for the detection of anti-Spirometra erinacei plerocercoid IgG in serum was carried out in normal inhabitants inHongcheon-gun, Gangweon-do. Sere were tested by enzyme-linked immunosrobent assay(ELISA) for the anti-sparganum antibodies. Positive rate for anti-sparganum antibody in719 adults was 3.3%. Data of the questionnaire for 24 ELISA positive inhabitants revealedthat 20 had a history of eating raw meat of snakes, 24 had a history of eating frogs, and24 had a history of drinking stream water. Two positive cases had a past history ofsparganosis. Two positive cases showed current symptoms of sparganosis. The datarevealed that ELISA would be useful to find infected cases among normal inhabitants atsparganosis-endemic areas.