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Work-related infectious diseases among Korean workers compensated under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Law, 2006-2011.
[scrub typhus]
Korea
has
no
surveillance
system
for
work-related
infectious
disease
.
However
,
these
diseases
are
compensated
by
the
Korea
Workers
'
Compensation
&
Welfare
Service
(
KCOMWEL
)
.
To
understand
the
nature
and
distribution
of
compensated
occupational
infectious
diseases
in
Korea
.
We
used
the
KCOMWEL
electronic
database
to
analyze
compensated
cases
of
work-related
occupational
infectious
disease
.
We
reviewed
and
confirmed
diagnoses
excluding
denied
claims
,
secondary
infections
,
dermatoid
diseases
,
duplicated
cases
and
those
with
missing
information
.
We
calculated
the
distribution
of
work-related
infectious
disease
in
Korea
by
occupation
,
calendar
year
,
gender
,
age
,
and
employment
duration
,
as
well
as
the
annual
compensated
claim
rates
(
per
million
)
.
We
included
1
,
062
compensated
cases
of
work-related
infectious
disease
.
The
most
common
was
scrub
typhus
(
n
=
567
,
53
.
4
%
)
,
followed
by
tuberculosis
(
n
=
227
,
21
.
4
%
)
,
viral
hepatitis
(
n
=
55
,
5
.
2
%
)
,
and
viral
influenza
(
n
=
53
,
5
.
0
%
)
.
A
sudden
increase
in
scrub
typhus
was
observed
in
2009
.
Unskilled
laborers
,
including
short
-term
contract
workers
in
public
sectors
,
were
most
commonly
affected
by
these
diseases
,
followed
by
health
care
professionals
.
Workers
employed
in
forestry
care
in
the
public
sectors
and
in
hospitals
were
most
vulnerable
to
infections
.
Proper
surveillance
systems
to
monitor
infectious
diseases
among
vulnerable
working
groups
and
improved
prevention
measures
are
needed
.
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