Dengue fever accounts for third of all cases of contagious disease contracted abroad: KCDC
Social affairsDec 10, 2018
Dengue fever accounted for a third of all contagious diseases contracted by people entering South Korea from abroad, a state report said Sunday.According to the findings by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were a total of 529 people diagnosed with infectious disease in 2017, with 171 cases involving the fever caused by the dengue virus transmitted by mosquitoes. (Yonhap)The disease is mostly found in tropical climates and is not indigenous to South Korea.The KCDC said