Trends in the Incidence of Scrub Typhus: The Fastest Growing Vector-Borne Disease in Korea

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-169

  Jeong, Mi Ae ^a   Youn, Seung Ki ^b   Kim, Young Kwon ^c   Lee, Hyungmin ^b   Kim, Sun Ja ^b   Sohn, Aeree ^a  

^a Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

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

^c Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Scrub typhus; Tsutsugamushi disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84879317551     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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