Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Editorial

Kisoon Kim

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):93-94. Published online June 30, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.01

Original Articles

Study on Cardiopulmonary Function, Maximal Oxygen Uptake, and Obesity Index according to Smoking Status in Middle-Aged and Older Office Workers

Deok-Ju Kim

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):95-100. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 1

Objectives

To investigate the effect of smoking upon cardiopulmonary function, maximal oxygen uptake, and obesity index, in middle-aged and older workers to propose guidelines on healthcare for these age groups.

Methods

This study analyzed medical data from 2,753 white-collar workers aged 50 years or older from workplaces located in Seoul, South Korea. Blood pressure (BP), resting heart rate, maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max), and...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.02

Seroprevalence of Toxocara in Children from Urban and Rural Areas of Ilam Province, West Iran

Sahar Shokouhi, Jahangir Abdi

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):101-104. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 6

Objectives

The present study was performed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxocara in children ≤ 10 years old, from rural and urban areas of Ilam.

Methods

Serum samples from 383 children ≤ 10 years old, were selected randomly from rural and urban areas of Ilam province and surveyed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.

Results

The total rate of infection with Toxocara was 22% (31% with a...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.03

How Should Biobanks Collect Biosamples for Clinical Application? A 20-year Biomarker-related Publication and Patent Trend Analysis

Jae-Eun Lee

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):105-111. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 2

Objectives

This study was designed to analyze biomarker-related publications and patent trends which biobanks could consider in planning biosample collections for biomarker research.

Methods

Publications and patents containing the term “biomarker” in the title published between 1998 to 2017 were retrieved using Scopus database and Google Patents search engine.

Results

Over the last 20 years there has been a steady increase in biomarker-related publications and...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.04

Estimating the Incidence of Cases and Deaths Resulting from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease and Its Related Socioeconomic Disease Burden in Republic of Korea (2010 – 2014)

Donghee Seo

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):112-117. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 5

Objectives

Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects young children and frequently causes epidemics. A vaccine is available in China (enterovirus 71) and, the Republic of Korea took the first step to develop a new vaccine. New vaccine development requires that disease burden is calculated in advance so the financial cost, morbidity and mortality...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.05

Assessment of Weight Shift Direction in Chronic Stroke Patients

So Hyun Park

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):118-121. Published online June 30, 2018

Background

In patients who have suffered a stroke, the measurement of center of pressure excursion in all directions including oblique direction, anterior-medial, anterior-lateral, posterior-medial, and posterior-lateral side is important for determining balance instability but no research has been reported.

Objectives

This study investigated weight shift in all directions to determine balance instability in stroke patients, including the oblique direction, using the multi-directional functional...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.06

Short Communication

Case of Rickettsia typhi-induced Brain Abscess Mimicking Brain Tumor

Yoonhyuk Jang, Jangsup Moon, Jin-Sun Jun, Tae-joon Kim, Kyung-Il Park, Soon-Tae Lee, Keun-Hwa Jung, Sang Kun Lee, Kon Chu

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):122-125. Published online June 30, 2018

Murine typhus is one of the most prevalent rickettsial infections in the world, caused by the bacterial genus Rickettsia. Though the disease manifests a relatively benign clinical course with fever, rash, and headache being the 3 classic symptoms, neurological complications may arise in patients that could become permanent. In this case study, a patient with a brain abscess caused by...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.07

Brief Report

Review of the Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis in Foreign-Born and Korean Nationals Living in the Republic of Korea, 2007–2016

Een-Suk Shin, Ok Park, In-Sik Kong

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):126-129. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 2

The Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine was introduced to the national immunization program in 1985, which has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of reported cases, but JE continues to occur in foreign nationals residing in or traveling to Korea. Although the incidence is low, this study demonstrated that more Koreans were infected with JE than foreign-born expatriates. The...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.08

Letter

Impact of Time Delay in Processing Blood Sample on Next Generation Sequencing for Transcriptome Analysis

Jae-Eun Lee, So-Young Jung, So-Youn Shin, Young-Youl Kim

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):130-132. Published online June 30, 2018

Cited By 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.09

Meeting Report

The 2^nd Meeting of National Control Laboratories for Vaccines and Biologicals in the Western Pacific

Hokyung Oh, Jinho Shin, Chung Keel Lee, Masaki Ochiai, Kiyoko Nojima, Chang Kweng Lim, Sanj Raut, Irene Lisovsky, Stella Williams, Ki Young Yoo, Dong-Yeop Shin, Manabu Ato, Qiang Ye, Kiwon Han, Chulhyun Lee, Naery Lee, Ji Young Hong, Kikyung Jung, Pham Van Hung, Jayoung Jeong

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2018;9(3):133-139. Published online June 30, 2018

The Second Meeting of the National Control Laboratories for Vaccines and Biologicals in the Western Pacific, was jointly organized by the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in the Republic of Korea, and by the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific.

In the National Lot Release Systems session...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2018.9.3.10

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