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The Long and Short Incubation Periods of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Korea: The Characteristics and Relating Factors
- Source :
- Infection & Chemotherapy
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy, 2013.
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Abstract
- Background: The cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Korea are mixed with long and short incubation periods. This study aims to define clinico-epidemiologic chracteristcs of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Korea. Materials and Methods: We selected the civilian cases infected with P. vivax malaria in Korea from the epidemiological investigation data of 2001 to 2010, whose incubation periods could be estimated. The long and short incubation periods were defined by duration of infection and onset time, and the cases were compared by demographic factors and clinical symptom, infection and onset time. The correlation was analyzed between the proportion of cases in the infected region with the long incubation period and meteorological factors along with latitude. Results: The length of the mean short and long incubation periods for the cases were 25.5 days and 329.4 days, respectively. The total number of the study subjects was 897, and the number cases of short and long incubation periods was 575 (64.1%) and 322 (35.9%), respectively. The aspect of incubation period showed a significant difference by region of infection; there was a higher proportion of long incubation period infection cases in Gangwon-do than in Gyeonggi-do and Incheon. The proportion of long incubation period cases showed significant correlation with latitude and temperature of August and September of the infected regions. Conclusions: Incubation period of P. vivax malaria in Korea showed significant difference by infected region, infection and on set time and the proportion of long incubation period cases showed significant correlation with latitude and meteorological fac tors of the infected regions.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Veterinary medicine
biology
business.industry
Epidemiology
Plasmodium vivax
Significant difference
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Incubation period
Malaria
Infectious Diseases
Vivax malaria
parasitic diseases
medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
Original Article
Plasmodium vivax Malaria
business
Incubation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20926448 and 20932340
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infection & Chemotherapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....377f3cdf3e83a263a52b2a0c31e97b5a