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Trends in parasitic diseases in the Republic of Korea
- Source :
- Trends in Parasitology. 24:143-150
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- In the Republic of Korea, cases of zoonotic, opportunistic and imported parasitoses are being detected increasingly. Vivax malaria disappeared in the late 1970s but re-emerged in 1993 and, currently, 1000-2000 cases occur annually. Brugian filariasis was endemic on offshore islands until 1990 but has now been eradicated. Soil-transmitted helminthiases (ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infections) were highly prevalent until the 1970s but are now well controlled. However, food-borne trematode infections, such as clonorchiasis and intestinal trematodiases (including heterophyidiasis, echinostomiasis and gymnophalloidiasis), each show steady prevalence. This review focuses on trends in parasitic diseases in the Republic of Korea.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Korea
Traditional medicine
Trichuriasis
Public health
medicine.disease
Filariasis
Echinostomiasis
Infectious Diseases
Geography
Food Parasitology
Zoonoses
Ascariasis
Hookworm Infections
Environmental health
parasitic diseases
Vivax malaria
Parasitic Diseases
medicine
Clonorchiasis
Animals
Humans
Parasitology
Public Health
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14714922
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Trends in Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b89e97e7f930ca1254fa8871a00b9112