Comparative research on epidemiological aspects of tsutsugamushi disease (Scrub Typhus) between Korea and Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-150

  Bang, Hyeong Ae ^a   Lee, Myeong Jin ^b   Lee, Won Chang ^c  

^a The Korean Public Health Association

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43449086405     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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