Urbanization of scrub typhus disease in South Korea.

• Main Authors: Sang-Won Park (Author), Na-Young Ha (Author), Boyeong Ryu (Author), Ji Hwan Bang (Author), Hoyeon Song (Author), Yuri Kim (Author), Gwanghun Kim (Author), Myoung-don Oh (Author), Nam-Hyuk Cho (Author), Jong-koo Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Scrub typhus is an endemic disease in Asia. It has been a rural disease, but indigenous urban cases have been observed in Seoul, South Korea. Urban scrub typhus may have a significant impact because of the large population. METHODS:Indigenous urban scrub typhus was epidemiologically ident...