Misattribution of Korea’s malaria elimination status in 1979 (original) (raw)

Table 1. WHO and WPRO official recognition status: a comparison of primary sources

WHO, World Health Organization; WPRO, Western Pacific Regional Office; DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; ROK, Republic of Korea.

Table 2. Source of misattribution: misreading of WHO data by United States DoD and others

WHO, World Health Organization; DoD, Department of Defense; DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; ROK, Republic of Korea; WPRO, Western Pacific Regional Office; USFK, United States Forces Korea.

Table 3. Chronology of citation errors in academic and internet sources

WHO, World Health Organization; WER, Weekly Epidemiological Record; ROK, Republic of Korea.