Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Original Article

Distribution of Pathogenic Vibrio Species in the Coastal Seawater of South Korea (2017–2018)

Seung Hun Lee, Hee Jung Lee, Go Eun Myung, Eun Jin Choi, In A Kim, Young Il Jeong, Gi Jun Park, Sang Moon Soh

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2019;10(6):337-342. Published online December 31, 2019

Objectives

Pathogenic Vibrio species are widely distributed in warm estuarine and coastal environments, and can infect humans through the consumption of raw or mishandled contaminated seafood and seawater. For this reason, the distribution of these bacteria in South Korea was investigated.

Methods

Seawater samples were collected from 145 coastal area points in the aquatic environment in which Vibrio species live. Environmental data (i.e.,...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.6.03

Brief Report

Enhancing ‘Whole-of-Government’ Response to Biological Events in Korea: Able Response 2014

Sangwoo Tak, Anton Jareb, Suon Choi, Marvin Sikes, Yeon Hwa Choi, Hyeong-wook Boo

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(1):32-35. Published online December 31, 2017

Cited By 1

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...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.1.06

Original Article

Tuberculosis Notification Completeness and Timeliness in the Republic of Korea During 2012–2014

Hae-Young Kang, Hyosoon Yoo, Wonseo Park, Unyeong Go, Eunkyeong Jeong, Ki-Suck Jung, Hyunjin Son

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2016;7(5):320-326. Published online October 31, 2016

Cited By 15

Objectives Completeness and timeliness are key attributes of accurate disease surveillance. This study aimed to evaluate the completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis (TB) notification in the Republic of Korea, by comparing notification data from the Korean National Tuberculosis Surveillance System and reimbursement data from the National Health Insurance. Methods We evaluated reimbursement data from 103,075 cases (2012–2014) and surveillance data from 215,055 cases...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2016.08.002

Enteric Bacteria Isolated from Diarrheal Patients in Korea in 2014

Nan-Ok Kim, Su-Mi Jung, Hae-Young Na, Gyung Tae Chung, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Won Keun Seong, Sahyun Hong

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(4):233-240. Published online August 31, 2015

Cited By 9

Objectives The aim of this study was to characterize the pathogens responsible for causing diarrhea according to season, region of isolation, patient age, and sex as well as to provide useful data for the prevention of diarrheal disease. Methods Stool specimens from 14,886 patients with diarrhea were collected to identify pathogenic bacteria from January 2014 to December 2014 in Korea. A total of...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.07.005

Emerging Pathogens and Vehicles of Food- and Water-borne Disease Outbreaks in Korea, 2007–2012

Shinje Moon, Il-Woong Sohn, Yeongseon Hong, Hyungmin Lee, Ji-Hyuk Park, Geun-Yong Kwon, Sangwon Lee, Seung-Ki Youn

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2014;5(1):34-39. Published online February 28, 2014

Cited By 13

Objectives Food- and water-borne disease outbreaks (FBDOs) are an important public health problem worldwide. This study investigated the trends in FBDOs in Korea and established emerging causal pathogens and causal vehicles. Methods We analyzed FBDOs in Korea by year, location, causal pathogens, and causal vehicles from 2007 to 2012. Information was collected from the FBDOs database in the Korean Centers for Disease Control...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.12.004

Study on Entomological Surveillance and its Significance during a Dengue Outbreak in the District of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India

Parasuraman Basker, Pichai Kannan, Rajagopal Thirugnanasambandam Porkaipandian, Sivsankaran Saravanan, Subramaniam Sridharan, Mahaligam Kadhiresan

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):152-158. Published online June 30, 2013

Cited By 3

Objectives To study the significance of entomological surveillance, the house index (HI), container index (CI), and Breteau index (BI) were determined to estimate the degree of a major dengue outbreak in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India (Latitude: 8°42′N; Longitude: 77°42′E) in May 2012. Methods The HI, CI, and BI were determined in a primary health center (PHC) in the village of Maruthamputhur (Pappakudi taluk,...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.005

Review Article

Prion Diseases as Transmissible Zoonotic Diseases

Jeongmin Lee, Su Yeon Kim, Kyu Jam Hwang, Young Ran Ju, Hee-Jong Woo

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(1):57-66. Published online February 28, 2013

Cited By 12

Prion diseases, also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), lead to neurological dysfunction in animals and are fatal. Infectious prion proteins are causative agents of many mammalian TSEs, including scrapie (in sheep), chronic wasting disease (in deer and elk), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE; in cattle), and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD; in humans). BSE, better known as mad cow disease, is among the...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2012.12.008

Articles

Early Detection of Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Rare Pathogens: A Case Study Employing Score Prediction Interval

Hiroshi Nishiura

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2012;3(3):121-127. Published online June 30, 2012

Cited By 7

Objectives Nosocomial outbreaks involve only a small number of cases and limited baseline data. The present study proposes a method to detect the nosocomial outbreaks caused by rare pathogens, exploiting score prediction interval of a Poisson distribution. Methods The proposed method was applied to three empirical datasets of nosocomial outbreaks in Japan: outbreaks of (1) multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 46) from 2009...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2012.07.010

Original Article

Modeling for Estimating Influenza Patients from ILI Surveillance Data in Korea

Joo-Sun Lee, Sun-Hee Park, Jin-Woong Moon, Jacob Lee, Yong Gyu Park, Yong Kyun Roh

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2011;2(2):89-93. Published online June 30, 2011

Cited By 7

Objective Prediction of influenza incidence among outpatients from an influenza surveillance system is important for public influenza strategy. Methods We developed two influenza prediction models through influenza surveillance data of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (each year, each province and metropolitan city; total reported patients with influenza-like illness stratified by age) for 6 years from 2005 to 2010 and disease-specific...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2011.08.001

Surveillance and Control of Rubella in the Republic of Korea From 2001 to 2009: The Necessity for Enhanced Surveillance to Monitor Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Young June Choe, Sang Taek Lee, Kyung Min Song, Heeyeon Cho, Geun-Ryang Bae, Jong-Koo Lee

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2010;1(1):23-28. Published online December 31, 2010

Cited By 5

Objectives The aim of this study was to review the epidemiologic data of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) supplied by surveillance systems from 2001 to 2009 and to propose measures to improve the quality of the surveillance system in the Republic of Korea. Methods The epidemiological data for rubella and CRS cases reported to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2010.12.007

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