Figure 1.
Scrub typhus surveillance in the Korean peninsula.
Dots indicate nationwide surveillance locations. Each name indicates a city level locality (-Si, -Gun, and -Gu in the Korean administrative area system). Province abbreviations: GG, Gyeonggi-Do; GW, Gangwon-Do; CB, Chungcheongbuk-Do; CN, Chungcheongnam-Do; GB, Gyeongsangbuk-Do; GN, Gyeongsangnam-Do; JB, Jeollabuk-Do; JN, Jeollanam-Do; JJ, Jeju-Do.
Figure 2.
Scrub typhus incidence in 2007 (A), and average monthly number of patients with scrub typhus (B) from 2001 to 2010.
The figure is generated using data from the National Notifiable Disease Web Statistics System (NNDWSS) of the KCDC. Percentage (%) indicates monthly incidence rate.
Table 1.
Species of chigger mites from small mammals collected through the nationwide survey in South Korea.
Figure 3.
Total percentages (A) and seasonal prevalence (B) of chigger mites collected through Korean national surveys between 2005 and 2007.
“Others” indicates 9 minor species including E. koreaensis.
Figure 4.
Geographical distribution of chigger mites.
The map color indices differ between the total number (0– over 5,000) and species maps (0– over 2,000).
Figure 5.
Geographical distribution based on percentages (A) and C.I. (B) of L. pallidum and L. scutellare.
Chigger index (C.I.) indicates the number of chigger mites on one small mammal.