岡山大学環境理工学部研究報告 ISSN 2187-6940
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Modeling of re-emerging Plasmodium vivax in the Northern Area of the Republic of Korea Based on a Mathematical Model

Fujita Kazutoshi 岡山大学
Tian Tian Chen 岡山大学
Nishina Tomohiko 岡山大学
石川 洋文 岡山大学 Kaken ID publons researchmap
発行日
2006-03-15
抄録
Plasmodium vivax re-emerged in 1993 near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in South Korea, although P. vivax malaria disappeared in South Korea in 1979. The re-emergence of malaria in South Korea is believed to have originated from infection by mosquitoes from North Korea across the DMZ. The principal vector of P. vivax in the Korean Peninsula is Anopheles sinensis. The density of An. sinensis has a peak during the second week of July. The North Korean strain of P. vivax has 2 characteristics: a wide distribution of the terms of relapse and a high rate of relapse. Therefore, we may well wonder why the incidence of malaria is concentrated in summer, especially in August. Mathematical models in North Korea and South Korea were constructed in which the South Korean model was affected unidirectionally by the North Korean model. We carried out simulations of the model for the Paju-shi and Yonchon-gun situations near the DMZ region. The simulation results followed the time-course of the re-emergence of P. vivax there, and revealed the mechanism of the elevation of the incidence of P. vivax in summer.
キーワード
DMZ
Korea
model
Plasmodium vivax
re-emergence
ISSN
1341-9099
NCID
AN10529213
NAID
JaLCDOI