Spatial distribution of mumps in South Korea, 2001-2015: identifying clusters and population risk factors.

ABSTRACT: In South Korea, the resurgence of mumps was noted primarily among school-aged children and adolescents since 2000. We analyzed spatial patterns in mumps incidence to give an indication to the geographical risk. We used National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System data from 2001 to 2015, classifying into three periods according to the level of endemicity. A geographic-weighted regression analysis was performed to find demographic predictors of mumps incidence according to district level. We assessed the association between the total population size, population density, percentage of children (age 0-19 years), timely vaccination rate of measles-mumps-rubella vaccines and the higher incidence rate of mumps. During low endemic periods, there were sporadic regional distributions of outbreak

SUBMITTER: Choe YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203439 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature