경기도보건환경연구원(원장 이정복)이 매년 9월∼11월은 쯔쯔가무시증 환자가 집중적으로 발생하는 시기이므로 벌초, 등산, 밤 줍기, 벼 수확 등 각종 야외 활동 시 개인 예방수칙을 철저히 실천할 것을 당부했다.
Lee Jeong-bok, director of the Institute for Health and Environment in Gyeonggi Province, said, "Since September and November are the period when patients with tsutsugamushi occur intensively every year, individual preventive measures should be implemented thoroughly during outdoor activities such as deforestation, mountain climbing, chestnut picking and rice harvesting."