Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote

    Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
  2. 2

    Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low

    Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
  3. 3

    Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?

    Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
  4. 4

    Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth

    Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
  5. 5

    Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen

    Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
  1. 6

    [Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year

    [Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
  2. 7

    [KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs

    [KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
  3. 8

    North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South

    North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
  4. 9

    Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official

    Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
  5. 10

    Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023

    Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
소아쌤

Dengue fever accounts for third of all cases of contagious disease contracted abroad: KCDC

By Yonhap

Published : Dec. 10, 2018 - 09:32

    • Link copied

Dengue fever accounted for a third of all contagious diseases contracted by people entering South Korea from abroad, a state report said Sunday.

According to the findings by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were a total of 529 people diagnosed with infectious disease in 2017, with 171 cases involving the fever caused by the dengue virus transmitted by mosquitoes.


(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

The disease is mostly found in tropical climates and is not indigenous to South Korea.

The KCDC said malaria accounted for 15 percent of contagious disease detected, followed by bacillary dysentery with 13.1 percent. Typhoid fever, hepatitis A, paratyphoid fever, chicken pox and Lyme disease were other illnesses detected here from people who arrived from abroad or returned from visits.

By region, 415 people were found sick after arriving from Asian countries, with numbers for African and the Americas standing at 80 and 15, respectively.

The disease control center said by country, the Philippines ranked first with 112 people coming from the archipelago having been discovered to have contracted a contagious disease.

Vietnam came second with 69 people and Thailand third with 45, the findings showed. (Yonhap)

More from Headlines