Volume 18, Number 9—September 2012
Letter
Dengue Fever in South Korea, 2006–2010
Ji-Hyuk Park and Dong-Woo Lee
Table
Presumptive country of origin of imported dengue fever cases, South Korea, 2006–2010
| Region, country | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | 242 (83.4) |
|
The Philippines |
99 (34.1) |
|
Indonesia |
37 (12.8) |
|
Thailand |
30 (10.3) |
|
Vietnam |
24 (8.3) |
|
Cambodia |
17 (5.9) |
|
Laos |
6 (2.1) |
|
Malaysia |
5 (1.7) |
|
Myanmar |
5 (1.7) |
|
East Timor |
2 (0.7) |
|
Palau |
1 (0.3) |
|
Other |
16 (5.5) |
| Southern Asia | 40 (13.8) |
|
India |
32 (11.0) |
|
Bangladesh |
4 (1.4) |
|
Maldives |
2 (0.7) |
|
Sri Lanka |
1 (0.3) |
|
Other |
1 (0.3) |
| Eastern Asia | |
|
China |
2 (0.7) |
|
Africa |
|
|
Nigeria |
1 (0.3) |
| South America | |
|
Brazil |
1 (0.3) |
| Other | 4 (1.4) |
| Total | 290 (100) |
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