Department of Biomedicine Health Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2021 Jun;59(3):251-256. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2021.59.3.251. Epub 2021 Jun 21.
We find out the clusters with high toxoplasmosis risk to discuss the geographical pattern in Gyodong-myeon and Samsan-myeon of Ganghwa-gun, Cheorwon-gun, and Goseong-gun, Korea. Seroepidemiological data of toxoplasmosis surveyed using rapid diagnostic tests for the residents in the areas in 2019 were analyzed to detect clusters of the infection. The cluster was investigated using the SaTScan program which is based on Kulldorff's scan statistic. The clusters were found with P-values in each region analyzed in the program, and the risk and patient incidence of specific areas can be examined by the values such as relative risk and log likelihood ratio. Jiseok-ri and Insa-ri were found to be a cluster in Gyodong-myeon and Seokmo-ri was the cluster in Samsan-myeon. Yangji-ri and Igil-ri were found to be a cluster in Cheorwon-gun and Madal-ri and Baebong-ri were the cluster in Goseong-gun. This findings can be used to monitor and prevent toxoplasmosis infections occurring in vulnerable areas.
我们发现了高弓形虫病风险的集群,以探讨韩国江原道高城郡、襄阳郡和果川市 Gyodong-myeon 和 Samsan-myeon 的地理模式。对 2019 年该地区居民使用快速诊断检测进行的弓形虫病血清流行病学数据进行了分析,以检测感染的集群。使用基于 Kulldorff 扫描统计的 SaTScan 程序调查了集群。该程序分析了每个区域的 P 值,并可以通过相对风险和对数似然比等值检查特定区域的风险和患者发病率。Jiseok-ri 和 Insa-ri 被确定为 Gyodong-myeon 的集群,而 Seokmo-ri 是 Samsan-myeon 的集群。Yangji-ri 和 Igil-ri 被确定为 Cheorwon-gun 的集群,而 Madal-ri 和 Baebong-ri 是 Goseong-gun 的集群。这些发现可用于监测和预防脆弱地区发生的弓形虫病感染。