Effect of Latitude and Seasonal Variation on Scrub Typhus, South Korea, 2001-2013
Effect of Latitude and Seasonal Variation on Scrub Typhus, South Korea, 2001-2013
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.15-0474
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Kim, Dong-Min
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作者：
Jeung, Ye Sul;Kim, Choon-Mee;Kim, Dong-Min
在韩国，丛林斑疹伤寒是最常见的立克次体疾病之一。韩国的森林斑疹伤寒患者数量有所增加，从2001年到2013年共报告了69,210例。本文利用韩国疾病控制和预防中心国家法定传染病监测系统网站上的数据，分析了斑疹伤寒病例的季节性及其与纬度的关系。林木斑疹伤寒的发病率在年末几个月呈上升趋势，尤其是10月和12月。一般来说，低纬度与较晚的高峰期发病有关。我们的结果首次表明，随着纬度的下降，月度观察到的发病率在一年中的最后几个月有增加的趋势，而在韩国则是在一年的基础上。
In South Korea, scrub typhus is one of the most common rickettsial diseases. The number of scrub typhus patients has increased in South Korea, a total of 69,210 cases were reported from 2001 to 2013. The seasonality and relation of scrub typhus cases to latitude were analyzed in this article using data obtained from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System website of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The incidence of scrub typhus tended to increase in the later months of the year, especially in October December. In general, lower latitudes were associated with a later peak incidence. Our results suggest for the first time that the monthly observed incidence tended to increase in the later months of the year as the latitude decreased, and on a yearly basis in Korea.