Trends in parasitic diseases in the Republic of Korea.
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.
Shin
Eun-Hee
EH
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, South Korea.
Guk
Sang-Mee
SM
Kim
Hyo-Jin
HJ
Lee
Soon-Hyung
SH
Chai
Jong-Yil
JY
D000818:Animals; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011634:Public Health; D015047:Zoonoses