Increasing Number of Scarlet Fever Cases, South Korea, 2011–2016

The increasing number of reported scarlet fever cases during 2011‒2016 in the National Notifiable Infectious Disease database in South Korea occurred because of increased overall reporting and expanded reporting criteria rather than because of increasing scarlet fever incidence. Further increases ar...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jong-Hun, Cheong, Hae-Kwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260684
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.171027
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Sumario:The increasing number of reported scarlet fever cases during 2011‒2016 in the National Notifiable Infectious Disease database in South Korea occurred because of increased overall reporting and expanded reporting criteria rather than because of increasing scarlet fever incidence. Further increases are anticipated because of other expansions in reporting requirements.

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