- Brief Report
- Enhancing ‘Whole-of-Government’ Response to Biological Events in Korea: Able Response 2014
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Sangwoo Tak, Anton Jareb, Suon Choi, Marvin Sikes, Yeon Hwa Choi, Hyeong-wook Boo
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(1):32-35. Published online December 31, 2017
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Since 2011, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States (U.S.) have been collaborating to conduct inter- and intra-governmental exercises to jointly respond to biological events in Korea. These exercises highlight U.S. interest in increasing its global biosurveillance capability and the ROK’s interest in improving cooperation among ministries to respond to crises. With Able Response (AR) exercises, the ROK and... |
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- Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and the Current State of Vaccine Development
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Joo Eun Hong, Kee-Jong Hong, Woo Young Choi, Won-Ja Lee, Yeon Hwa Choi, Chung-Hyeon Jeong, Kwang-il Cho
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2014;5(6):378-382. Published online December 31, 2014
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Current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa already reached the total number of 1,323 including 729 deaths by July 31st. the fatality is around 55% in the southeastern area of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria. The number of patients with Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) was continuously increasing even though the any effective therapeutics or vaccines has not been developed... |
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- Epidemiological Characteristics of Imported Shigellosis in Korea, 2010–2011
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Hee-Jung Kim, Seung-Ki Youn, Sangwon Lee, Yeon Hwa Choi
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):159-165. Published online June 30, 2013
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Shigellosis is a global disease as food poisoning by infection of Shigella spp (S. dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii and S. sonnei). In Korea, approximately 500 cases of shigellosis have reported every year since 2004, and imported shigellosis is increasing gradually from 2006 in particular. According to increase of numbers of overseas travelers, the numbers of patients diseased with imported shigellosis... |
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- Trends in Water- and Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in Korea, 2007–2009
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Jin Gwack, Kyoung-Chan Lee, Hyo Jin Lee, Wooseok Kwak, Dong Woo Lee, Yeon Hwa Choi, Jin Seok Kim, Young Ah Kang
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Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2010;1(1):50-54. Published online December 31, 2010
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Objectives
In Korea, every outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in two or more patients who are epidemiologically related is investigated by local public health centres to determine causative agents and control the outbreak with the support of the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions of each outbreak investigation have been summarized annually since 2007 to make reports... |
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