Malaria in the Republic of Korea, 1993–2007. Variables Related to Re-emergence and Persistence of<i>Plasmodium vivax</i>Among Korean Populations and U.S. Forces in Korea

Kim, Heung-Chul; A. Pacha, Laura; Lee, Won-Ja; Lee, Jong‐Koo; C. Gaydos, Joel; J. Sames, William; S. Lee, Hee-Choon; Bradley, Kent; Jeung, Gi-Gon; K. Tobler, Steven; A. Klein, Terry

doi:10.7205/milmed-d-01-6208

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Malaria in the Republic of Korea, 1993–2007. Variables Related to Re-emergence and Persistence ofPlasmodium vivaxAmong Korean Populations and U.S. Forces in Korea

Published in Military Medicine • Jul 1, 2009

Authors:

Heung-Chul Kim

Laura A. Pacha

Won-Ja Lee

Abstract

Malaria was eradicated and the Republic of Korea (ROK) declared "malaria free" in 1979. However, in 1993, a temperate strain of vivax malaria, expressing both latent and nonlatent disease populations, re-emerged near the demilitarized zone (DMZ), rapidly spread to civilian sectors near the DMZ, and ...

Subject

Plasmodium vivax

Persistence (discontinuity)

Malaria

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