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Animal Science and Veterinary
Korea
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
57
Citations
14432
World Ranking
403
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Jong-Yil Chai is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has an extensive record of research primarily in the fields of immunology, microbiology, and environmental science. Their body of work is largely centered on parasitology and its related subfields, including parasite biology, host interactions, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research topics commonly address:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth Infection and Control
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Paleopathology and Ancient Diseases
  • Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies

Jong-Yil Chai has published frequently in several scientific venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • Korean Journal of Parasitology
  • Parasites Hosts and Diseases
  • Annals of Clinical Microbiology
  • Parasitology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent representative papers include:

  • "Albendazole and Mebendazole as Anti-Parasitic and Anti-Cancer Agents: an Update" (2021, Korean Journal of Parasitology)
  • "General overview of the current status of human foodborne trematodiasis" (2022, Parasitology)
  • "History and Current Status of Malaria in Korea" (2020, Infection and Chemotherapy)

Collaborations play a significant role in their work, with frequent coauthors including Bong-Kwang Jung, Sooji Hong, Hyejoo Shin, Woon-Mok Sohn, and Seungwan Ryoo, indicating a network of collaboration within parasitology and related biomedical research areas.

The scientist's research contributes to understanding complex host-parasite relationships, studying parasitic infections and diagnostics, and exploring the control of helminth infections along with emerging investigations into related fields such as ecology and small animal studies.

Best Publications

  • Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues

    Jong-Yil Chai;K. Darwin Murrell;Alan J. Lymbery

  • Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia

    Jong Yil Chai;Eun Hee Shin;Soon Hyung Lee;Han Jong Rim

  • Food-borne intestinal trematode infections in the Republic of Korea.

    Jong-Yil Chai;Soon-Hyung Lee

  • Praziquantel Treatment in Trematode and Cestode Infections: An Update

    Jong-Yil Chai

  • Albendazole and Mebendazole as Anti-Parasitic and Anti-Cancer Agents: an Update

    Jong-Yil Chai;Bong-Kwang Jung;Sung-Jong Hong

  • Prevalence of intestinal parasite infections on a national scale among primary schoolchildren in Laos

    Han Jong Rim;Jong Yil Chai;Duk Young Min;Seung Yull Cho

  • Re-emerging Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea.

    Jong-Yil Chai

  • Fishborne zoonotic intestinal trematodes, Vietnam.

    Do Trung Dung;Nguyen Van De;Jitra Waikagul;Anders Dalsgaard

  • A successful experience of soil-transmitted helminth control in the Republic of Korea

    Sung Tae Hong;Jong Yil Chai;Min Ho Choi;Sun Huh

  • An Epidemiologic Study On Clonorchiasis And Metagonimiasis In Riverside Areas In Korea.

    Byong Seol Seo;Soon Hyung Lee;Seung Yull Cho;Jong Yil Chai

  • Mixed infections with Opisthorchis viverrini and intestinal flukes in residents of Vientiane Municipality and Saravane Province in Laos.

    J.-Y. Chai;J.-H. Park;E.-T. Han;S.-M. Guk

  • Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the Brain Inhibits Neuronal Degeneration and Learning and Memory Impairments in a Murine Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Bong Kwang Jung;Kyoung Ho Pyo;Ki Young Shin;Young Sang Hwang

  • Intestinal trematodes of humans in Korea: Metagonimus, heterophyids and echinostomes.

    Jong-Yil Chai;Soon-Hyung Lee

  • Fishborne zoonotic heterophyid infections: An update.

    Jong-Yil Chai;Bong-Kwang Jung

  • A Nationwide Survey on the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in the Republic of Korea, 2004

    Tong-Soo Kim;Shin-Hyeong Cho;Sun Huh;Yoon Kong

  • Echinostomes in humans

    Jong-Yil Chai

  • Trends in parasitic diseases in the Republic of Korea.

    Eun Hee Shin;Sang Mee Guk;Hyo Jin Kim;Soon Hyung Lee

  • Differential diagnosis of Taenia asiatica using multiplex PCR

    Hyeong-Kyu Jeon;Jong-Yil Chai;Yoon Kong;Jitra Waikagul

  • Fishborne Trematode Metacercariae Detected in Freshwater Fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

    Han Jong Rim;Woon Mok Sohn;Tai Soon Yong;Keeseon S. Eom

  • High prevalence of liver and intestinal fluke infections among residents of Savannakhet Province in Laos

    Jong Yil Chai;Eun Taek Han;Sang Mee Guk;Eun Hee Shin

  • Reemerging vivax malaria: changing patterns of annual incidence and control programs in the Republic of Korea.

    Eun-Taek Han;Duk-Hyoung Lee;Ki-Dong Park;Won-Seok Seok

  • Infection status with helminthes in feral cats purchased from a market in Busan, Republic of Korea.

    Woon Mok Sohn;Jong Yil Chai

  • A human case of Plagiorchis muris (Tanabe, 1922: Digenea) infection in the Republic of Korea: freshwater fish as a possible source of infection.

    Sung-Jong Hong;Ho-Choon Woo;Jong-Yil Chai

Frequent Co-Authors

Keeseon S. Eom
Keeseon S. Eom Chungbuk National University
Tai-Soon Yong
Tai-Soon Yong Yonsei University
Byong Seol Seo
Byong Seol Seo Seoul National University
Han Jong Rim
Han Jong Rim Korea University
Duong Socheat
Duong Socheat Ministry of Health
Myoung-don Oh
Myoung-don Oh Seoul National University
Yukifumi Nawa
Yukifumi Nawa Khon Kaen University
Terry A. Klein
Terry A. Klein United States Department of the Army
Kiyoshi Takatsu
Kiyoshi Takatsu University of Toyama
Woo Ho Kim
Woo Ho Kim Seoul National University

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