Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001-2013

Hyeong Woo Lee,Pyo Yun Cho,Sung-Ung Moon,Byoung-Kuk Na,Yoon-Joong Kang,Youngjoo Sohn,Seung-Ki Youn,Yeongseon Hong,Tong-Soo Kim

Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001-2013

2015

Hyeong Woo Lee
Pyo Yun Cho
Sung-Ung Moon
Byoung-Kuk Na
Yoon-Joong Kang
Youngjoo Sohn
Seung-Ki Youn
Yeongseon Hong
Tong-Soo Kim

Background The bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, mite-borne disease, which causes an acute febrile illness in patients. An epidemiologic study was conducted to understand the characteristics of scrub typhus in South Korea.

Keywords:

Scrub typhus
Veterinary medicine
Virology
Parasitology
Tropical medicine
Trombiculidae
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Medicine
sex factors
in patient
febrile illness
epidemiologic study

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