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KMID : 0357319950300020203
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Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology
1995 Volume.30 No. 2 p.203 ~ p.212
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Seroepidemiological Survey of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Korea, 1992-1993
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장우현
박세광/장원종/성승용/최명식/김익상
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Abstract
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To understand the seroepidemiological patterns of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea, a nation-wide survey collaborated with fourteen clinics was carried out from 1992 to 1993.
Sera of 10,049 patients(5,668 patients in 1992 and 5,381 in 1993) with acute febrile episodes were tested by indirect immunofluorescent antibody test and the seroepidemiological analysis including sex, age, seasonal and regional distributions
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performed.
@ES According to the results obtained in this study, the epidemiological characteristics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea were summarized as follows:
@EN 1. Seropositive rate of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome among the patients with acute febrile episodes was 3.6% in 1992 and 4.3% in 1993 by the cut-off point of 1 : 40.
2. Among the seropositives, male outnumbered female and the proportion of males to females ratio was 2.1 : 1.
3. Most of the seropositives were over twenty years old.
4. The number of seropositive cases increased from October and reached maximum in December and began to decrease gradually from January.
5. The geographical distribution of the seropositives coven most areas exept Cheju province in Korea.
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