Just as in humans or livestock, many different forms of diseases are found in aquatic life. Based on the cause, fish diseases can be classified largely as infectious (communicable) diseases or noninfectious (non-communicable) diseases. Infectious diseases are further divided based on the type of etiologic pathogen into the subgroups of infectious diseases caused by virus, bacteria, or parasite. Approximately 3,000 etiologic pathogens have been found to cause infectious diseases in aquatic animals thus far. The Fish Disease Diagnosis Lab is conducting wide-ranging and comprehensive research to ensure the correct and swift identification of the causes of infectious diseases.
- Research Interests
- 1. Investigating the migration/distribution of etiologic pathogens of infectious diseases in Korea and abroad
- 2. Improving the rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and developing simple diagnostic kits
- 3. Developing useful vaccines and particular diagnostic methods using the genomics and proteomics techniques
- 4. Techniques for tracking pathogens after infection in vivo, using immunological and molecular biology techniques