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Original Article
PREVALENCE OF POLIOMYELITIS IN KOREA
Ik-Chin Chang, Kyung-Ho Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1965;8(2):66-78.   Published online May 31, 1965
Poliomyelitis is an endemic disease in Korea and is prevalent in the summer with the high incidence in June, July and August. The disease in Korea, as also was reported in Cairo, Egypt, in Tokyo, Japan and in Taipei, Taiwan, is essentially a disease of infants following disappearance of the maternal antibody. Active antibodies to each of the 3 types of poliomyelitis virus...