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Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001-2013
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نویسنده
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lee h.-w. ,cho p.y. ,moon s.-u. ,na b.-k. ,kang y.-j. ,sohn y. ,youn s.-k. ,hong y. ,kim t.-s.
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منبع
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parasites and vectors - 2015 - دوره : 8 - شماره : 1
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چکیده
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Abstract background: the bacteria orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus,mite-borne disease,which causes an acute febrile illness in patients. an epidemiologic study was conducted to understand the characteristics of scrub typhus in south korea. findings: reporting of tsutsugamushi disease is mandatory in south korea since 1994. to investigate the prevalence of tsutsugamushi disease from 2001 to 2013,medical records from the korea center for disease control and prevention were reviewed. in total,70,914 cases were reported during 2001-2013. of these,37.16% (26,349) were male and 62.84% (44,565) were female. the highest number of cases was in the 60-69-year-old age group (19,484; 27.48%),and 72.22% (51,212) were in the 50-79-year-old age group. there were 65,100 cases (91.80%) reported during october (24,964; 35.20%) and november (40,136; 56.60%). an almost four-fold increase in the number of patients was observed in 2013 (10,485 cases) compared to 2001 (2,637 cases). the highest number of patients was reported in the jeonbuk (9,425; 13.29%) and lowest in the jeju (362; 0.51%). conclusions: a rapid increase in the incidence of patients with tsutsugamushi disease was observed in most areas from 2001 to 2013,with the majority of cases reported in the western and southern coast. © 2015 lee et al.
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کلیدواژه
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Female; Incidence; Mites; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Republic of Korea; Scrub typhus; Trombiculidae
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آدرس
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department of pathology,immunology,and laboratory medicine,college of medicine,university of florida,gainesville,fl 32610, United States, departments of parasitology and tropical medicine,inha university school of medicine,incheon,400-712, South Korea, department of internal medicine,seoul national university bundang hospital,seongnam,463-939, South Korea, department of parasitology,institute of health sciences,gyeongsang national university school of medicine,jinju 660-751, South Korea, department of biomedical science,jungwon university,goesan chungbuk 367-805, China, department of anatomy,college of korean medicine,kyung hee university,seoul,130-701, South Korea, department of epidemiology,national institute of health,osong,363-951, South Korea, department of public health,sahmyook university,seoul,139-742, South Korea, departments of parasitology and tropical medicine,inha university school of medicine,incheon,400-712, South Korea
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