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KMID : 0380820050270010069
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Korean Journal of Epidemiology
2005 Volume.27 No. 1 p.69 ~ p.80
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An epidemiologic review of Japanese Encephalitis with a special focus on incidence and methods of control for South Korea
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오희철/Ohrr HC
이상욱/홍재석/Yi SW/Hong JS
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Abstract
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Japanese encephalitis(JE) is the leading viral cause of encephalitis and disability in Asia. The disease primarily infects children under the age of 15, leaving up to 70% of these who develop illness either dead or with a long-term neurological disability. We reviewed not only JE disease burden, etiology, vector, mode of transmission, reservoir but also geographic distribution and incidence of the disease in Asia, with a focus on the South Korea. A special comment on the methods of control JE and perspective for South Korea also included.
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