Epidemiological Characteristics of Re-emerging Vivax Malaria in the Republic of Korea (1993-2017)
| Autor: | Kyoung Jin, Jeong-a Kim, Young Yil Bahk, Tong-Soo Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na, Yeong Seon Hong, Hyeong-Woo Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Endemic Diseases Mini Review 030231 tropical medicine Plasmodium vivax Population mosquito Disease Communicable Diseases Emerging re-emerging malaria 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Republic of Korea parasitic diseases Epidemiology Disease Transmission Infectious Malaria Vivax medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study biology Public health biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Geography Infectious disease (medical specialty) Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology control vector Malaria |
| Zdroj: | The Korean Journal of Parasitology |
| ISSN: | 1738-0006 0023-4001 |
| Popis: | Historically, Plasmodium vivax malaria has been one of the most highly endemic parasitic diseases in the Korean Peninsula. Until the 1970s, vivax malaria was rarely directly lethal and was controlled through the Korean Government Program administered by the National Malaria Eradication Service in association with the World Health Organization's Global Malaria Eradication Program. Vivax malaria has re-emerged in 1993 near the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea and has since become an endemic infectious disease that now poses a serious public health threat through local transmission in the Republic of Korea. This review presents major lessons learned from past and current malaria research, including epidemiological and biological characteristics of the re-emergent disease, and considers some interesting patterns of diversity. Among other features, this review highlights temporal changes in the genetic make-up of the parasitic population, patient demographic features, and spatial distribution of cases, which all provide insight into the factors contributing to local transmission. The data indicate that vivax malaria in Korea is not expanding expo- nentially. However, continued surveillance is needed to prevent future resurgence. |
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