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Article: Estimates of short- and long-term incubation periods of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea

TitleEstimates of short- and long-term incubation periods of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea
Authors
KeywordsSpecies Index: Anopheles Sinensis
Plasmodium Vivax
Issue Date2007
PublisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/trstmh
Citation
Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 2007, v. 101 n. 4, p. 338-343 How to Cite?
AbstractWith the current epidemic of vivax malaria closely associated with the demilitarised zone along the border between North and South Korea, it has been suggested that the incubation period tends, in part, to be prolonged. Based on the detailed travel history of cases from 2000 to 2003 who reside in non-malarious areas, statistical estimates of the incubation periods were obtained. The data suggest that cases fall into two categories with short- and long-term incubation periods, respectively. Of 416 cases with available information, 72 and 79 successfully met our criteria for inferring the durations of short- and long-term incubation periods. The mean short- and long-term incubation periods were estimated to be 26.6 days (95% CI 21.0-32.2) and 48.2 weeks (95% CI 46.8-49.5), respectively. The maximum likelihood method was used to fit gamma and normal distributions to the short- and long-term incubation periods, assisting prediction of the frequency distribution of the overall incubation period, which exhibited a bimodal pattern. We postulate that the observed distribution reflects adaptation of the parasite to the seasonal population dynamics of the vector, Anopheles sinensis, ensuring continued transmission of vivax malaria in this temperate zone. © 2006 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/134227
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.612
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dc.contributor.authorNishiura, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, HWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCho, SHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, WGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorIn, TSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMoon, SUen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChung, GTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKim, TSen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-13T07:20:56Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-13T07:20:56Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationTransactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 2007, v. 101 n. 4, p. 338-343en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0035-9203en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/134227-
dc.description.abstractWith the current epidemic of vivax malaria closely associated with the demilitarised zone along the border between North and South Korea, it has been suggested that the incubation period tends, in part, to be prolonged. Based on the detailed travel history of cases from 2000 to 2003 who reside in non-malarious areas, statistical estimates of the incubation periods were obtained. The data suggest that cases fall into two categories with short- and long-term incubation periods, respectively. Of 416 cases with available information, 72 and 79 successfully met our criteria for inferring the durations of short- and long-term incubation periods. The mean short- and long-term incubation periods were estimated to be 26.6 days (95% CI 21.0-32.2) and 48.2 weeks (95% CI 46.8-49.5), respectively. The maximum likelihood method was used to fit gamma and normal distributions to the short- and long-term incubation periods, assisting prediction of the frequency distribution of the overall incubation period, which exhibited a bimodal pattern. We postulate that the observed distribution reflects adaptation of the parasite to the seasonal population dynamics of the vector, Anopheles sinensis, ensuring continued transmission of vivax malaria in this temperate zone. © 2006 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/trstmhen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen_HK
dc.subjectSpecies Index: Anopheles Sinensisen_US
dc.subjectPlasmodium Vivaxen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_HK
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshKorea - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshMalaria, Vivax - epidemiology - parasitology - transmissionen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshPlasmodium vivax - physiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPopulation Surveillanceen_HK
dc.subject.meshTime Factorsen_HK
dc.subject.meshTravelen_HK
dc.titleEstimates of short- and long-term incubation periods of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Koreaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailNishiura, H:nishiura@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.11.002en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid17204297-
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dc.identifier.volume101en_HK
dc.identifier.issue4en_HK
dc.identifier.spage338en_HK
dc.identifier.epage343en_HK
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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dc.identifier.scopusauthoridChung, GT=7102049018en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridKim, TS=7407121005en_HK
dc.identifier.issnl0035-9203-

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