Epidemiological Aspects of Zika Virus Infection Cases among Overseas Travelers in Korea and Japan
| Autor: | Myeong-Jin Lee, Won-Chang Lee, Young Hwan Kwon |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Korean |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Hanggong uju uihakoeji, Vol 32, Iss 3, Pp 89-93 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1738-2548 2713-9972 |
| DOI: | 10.46246/KJAsEM.220021 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus disease. we investigated the epidemiological aspects and status of imported ZIKV infection cases in Korea (Republic of) and Japan during 2016–2020. Methods: Raw data of ZIKV infection cases from the Korea Diseases Control and Prevention Agency, and the National Institute of infectious Diseases in Japan, 2016–2020. Results: There were 33 cases of ZIKV infection in Korea and 21 cases in Japan between 2016 and 2020. Cumulative incidence rate per 1,000,000 overseas travelers (OTs) of Korea (0.30) did not substantially differ that of Japan (0.27), respectively. We observed the ZIKV infected cases of male (69.7% of total cases) were much more than that for female (30.3%) in OTs of Korea (P |
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