PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.18 No.15, April 17, 2025 Article TypeErratumQuickStatsSurveillance Reports

• Surveillance Reports 2025-04-17

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  Surveillance of Tick Distribution and Infection Rate of Tick-borne Infectious Diseases in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Daegu Metropolitan City in 2024

  Young-Ran Ha , Haesun Yun , Sungkyung Cha , Jinhee Lee , Mirim Kwon , Yuna Park , Yong-Pyo Lee , Gyeong Ran Moon , Bomin Gu , Jeong-Hoon Chun

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(15): 599-617 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.15.1

  

  

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  Objectives: Tick-borne diseases are spread by ticks infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a class 3 statutory infectious disease. Gyeongsangbuk-do Province ranked second nationwide with 256 patients with SFTS over the past 10 years, while Daegu Metropolitan City ranked 10th with 86 patients, underscoring the need for surveillance of tick-borne infectious diseases.
  Methods: The Gyeongbuk Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Daegu Metropolitan City, and the Gyeongsangbuk-do Institute of Health and Environment selected five surveillance points and conducted tick collection and genetic testing for SFTS, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, and Q fever from April to November 2024.
  Results: A total of 20,208 tick specimens belonging to three species and four genera were collected. Among the 4,696 adults and nymphs, 4,425 were identified as Haemaphysalis longicornis, accounting for 94.2% of the collected ticks. Infection rates of SFTS, Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, and Q fever pathogen were examined in 16,580 out of 20,208 ticks, confirming that 29 out of 810 pools were positive for the causative agent of Lyme disease and Q fever, establishing a minimum infection rate of 0.17% (29 pools/16,580 individuals).
  Conclusions: This survey can be used to establish measures to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious disease vectors and vector-borne infectious diseases in the region.

• Erratum 2025-04-17

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  Erratum : Volume 18. No 11. Supplement.

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(15): 618-620 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.15.2

  

  

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  Trends in the Prevalence of Perceived Depressive Symptoms, during 2014–2023

  Yukyeong Kang

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(15): 621-622 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.15.3

  

  

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