Jeong Mi Ae, Youn Seung-Ki, Kim Young-Kwon, Lee Hyungmin, Kim Sun-Ja, Sohn Aeree
Department of Health, School of Public Health and Welfare, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013 Jun;4(3):166-9. doi: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.007. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
Scrub typhus, also called tsutsugamushi disease, is classified as a Group 3 disease in Korea according to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance Systems. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through the bite of mites that are infected with an intracellular parasite called Orientia tsutsugamushi (Family: Rickettsiaceae). This study aims to identify the demographic characteristics of the infected cases according to profession, region, gender, and onset period and provide a basic data for prevention and control of the disease in the infected patients. Between 2001 and 2010, 16,741 men (36.3%) and 29,373 women (63.7%) were reported to have been infected with scrub typhus, with men being 1.6 times less infected than women. When classified according to age, it was found that 4421 persons (9.6%) were under 40 years of age; 6601 (13.1%) in their 40s; 9714 (21.1%) in their 50s; 13,067 (28.3%) in 60s; 10,128 (22.0%) in their 70s; and 2723 (5.9%) aged 80 or more. The elderly (60 years or older) represented more than half of the infected cases. When the infections were classified according to region, it was found that the county residents had the major share of infection, with a total of 1583 infected cases (59.85).
恙虫病，又称丛林斑疹伤寒，根据韩国国家法定传染病监测系统，在韩国被列为丙类传染病。它是一种通过感染了细胞内寄生虫恙虫病东方体（立克次氏体科）的螨虫叮咬传播给人类的传染病。本研究旨在根据职业、地区、性别和发病时期确定感染病例的人口统计学特征，并为感染患者疾病的预防和控制提供基础数据。2001年至2010年期间，据报告有16741名男性（36.3%）和29373名女性（63.7%）感染了恙虫病，男性感染率比女性低1.6倍。按年龄分类时发现，4421人（9.6%）年龄在40岁以下；6601人（13.1%）年龄在40多岁；9714人（21.1%）年龄在50多岁；13067人（28.3%）年龄在60多岁；10128人（22.0%）年龄在70多岁；2723人（5.9%）年龄在80岁及以上。老年人（60岁及以上）占感染病例的一半以上。按地区对感染情况进行分类时发现，县居民感染比例最高，共有1583例感染病例（59.85%）。
