Rapid increase of scrub typhus, South Korea, 2001-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1127-1129

  Kweon, Sun Seog ^a   Choi, Jin Su ^b   Lim, Hyun Sul ^c   Kim, Jang Rak ^d   Kim, Keon Yeop ^e   Ryu, So Yeon ^f   Yoo, Hyo Soon ^g   Park, Ok ^g  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; SOUTH KOREA;

HUMANS; KOREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650657532     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1507.080399     Document Type: Letter

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