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KMID : 0378119750020010195
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Chungnam Medical Journal
1975 Volume.2 No. 1 p.195 ~ p.206
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Endemicity of Typhoid Fever and Its Suspected Cases in Gyeongsang Bug Do Province, Korea.
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Abstract
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It seems that control of typhoid fever is one of difficult problems persisting in year by year in Korea.
The symptoms and signs of typhoid fever were begun to weaken since 1952, when chloramphenicol was introduced into Korea. And also serological and bacteriological results were not defined for diagnosis.
The positive rate has been gradually decreased consequently the number of regis-trating cases were gradually increasing tendency.The most of clinicians are saying so now a day.
This paper presents that the incidence rates of the registrated cases were gradually decreased in year by from 1969 to 1973 and the rates of suspected and registrated cases were gradually increased. Otherwise, the incidence rates of former were 5.05, 7.70, 8.24, 2.23 and 1.42 per 100,000 persons respectively in each year, and those of the later were 51. 5, 72. 3, 80. 7, 106. 7, and 82. 5.
The most highly infected age group was 1519 years old. There was not signific-ant in both sexes. The most prevalent month was July, June and August were followed.
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