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. 2025 Jul;66(7):456-458.
doi: 10.3349/ymj.2024.0376.

First Detection of Seroreactivity to Lyme Borreliosis in Agricultural Workers from a Non-Endemic Region of South Korea

Jeong Rae Yoo  1 , Miyeon Kim  1 , Wooseong Jeong  1 , Sung Wook Song  2
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First Detection of Seroreactivity to Lyme Borreliosis in Agricultural Workers from a Non-Endemic Region of South Korea

Jeong Rae Yoo et al. Yonsei Med J. 2025 Jul.
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The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Geographic distribution of seroreactivity in participants with Borrelia burgdorferi in an agricultural population in Jeju Island. The inset shows the location of Jeju Island near the coast of South Korea. The orange-to-red shading of the regions indicates the number of participants in this study from each region (18, GJ; 21, AW; 18, JC; 4, HG; 7, HL; 19, NH; 18, Y; 8, OR; 1, ID; 28, ILD; 4, SD; 11, YD; 4, GI; 28, HB; 4, SY; 4, BG in Jeju-si; 14, SS; 5, PS; 11, NW; 7, YC; 8, DC; 11, DH; 4, SH; 11, DR; 4, AD; 11, DJ in Seogwipo-si). In the pie charts, orange indicates the seroprevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi. The asterisks indicate the positive sites of Borrelia burgdorferi IgG. The sites of asterisks were located in five rural areas: HL, N 33° 38' 20.1'', E 126° 28' 38.6''; DH, N 33° 29' 87.2'', E 126° 55' 227''; DR, N 33° 26' 40.3'', E 126° 52' 16.4''; DJ, N 33° 26' 12.7'', E 126°24' 59.5'', and SS, N 33° 42' 48.0'', E 126° 86' 51.4''. This statistical map was created using the statistical geographic information service (https://sgis.kostat.go.kr/statexp/view/index). HG, Hangyeong-meon; AW, Aewol-eup; JC, Jocheon-eup; NW, Nanwon-eup; SS, Seongsan-eup; GJ, Gujwa-eup; HL, Hanlim-eup; NH, Noheyong-dong; Y, Yeon-dong; OR, Ora-dong; ID, Ido-dong; SD, Samdo-dong; ILD, Ildo-dong; YD, Yongdam-dong; GI, Geonip-dong; HB, Hwabuk-dong; SY, Samyang-dong; BG, Bonggae-dong; PS, Pyoseon-myeon; YC, Yeongcheon-dong; DC, Daechoen-dong; DH, Donghong-dong; SH, Seohong-dong; DR, Daeryun-dong; AD, Andeok-eup; DJ, Daejeong-dong.
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