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KMID : 0351219940260020181
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Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1994 Volume.26 No. 2 p.181 ~ p.188
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Seroepidemiological Survey of Scrub Typhus in Korea, 1993
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김익상/최명식/한명준/성승용/박경희/김익중/기선호
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Abstract
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To understand the seroepidemiological patterns of scrud typhus in Korea, 5,381 patients sera with acute febrile episodes from 20 olcal hospitals were tested for the antibody to Rikettsia tsutsu gamushi (R. tsutsu gamushi), by indirect indirect
immunofluorescent antibody technique from January to December in 1993.
@ES The results were summarized as follows.
@EN 1) Out of 5.383 patients, 2,321(43.1%) patients showed positive reaction to R. tsutsugamushi and the female outnumbered the male slightly.
2) Among seropositives to R. tsutsu gamushi, the age of the fourties were 23.7%, and between the thirties and sixties of the age were 72.2%.
3) Scrub typhus seemed to occur throughout the country in Korea.
4) Scrub typhus was the most prevalent in October and November.
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