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KMID : 0357319940290020153
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Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology
1994 Volume.29 No. 2 p.153 ~ p.160
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Seroepidemiological Survey of Scrub Typhus in Korea, 1992
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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 scrub typhus in Korea, 5,668 patients sera with acute febrile episodes from 20 local hospitals were tested for the antibody to R. tsutsugamushi by indirect immunofluorecent antibody technique from
January to December, in 1992.
@ES The results were summerized as follows.
@EN 1. Out of 5,668 patients, 2,474(43.6%) patients showed positive reaction to R. tsutsugamushi and the female outnumbered the male slightly.
2. Among seropositives to R. tsutsugamushi, the age of the fourties were 31.2%, and between the thirties and sixties of the age were 81.3%.
3. Scrub typhus seemed to occur throughout the country in Korea.
4. Scrub thphus was most prevalent in October and November.
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