- Editorial
- Years of Epidemics (2009–2011): Pandemic Influenza and Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic in Korea
- Hae-Wol Cho, Chaeshin Chu
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):125-126. Published online June 30, 2013
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- Original Article
- Estimation of the Infection Window for the 2010/2011 Korean Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
- Hachung Yoon, Soon-Seek Yoon, Han Kim, Youn-Ju Kim, Byounghan Kim, Sung-Hwan Wee
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):127-132. Published online June 30, 2013
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Objectives This study aims to develop a method for calculating infection time lines for disease outbreaks on farms was developed using the 2010/2011 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the Republic of Korea. Methods Data on farm demography, the detection date of FMD, the clinical history for the manifestation of lesions, the presence of antibodies against FMD virus (including antibodies against the structural and...
- Multiplex Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Simultaneous Detection of
Vibrio cholerae ,Vibrio parahaemolyticus , andVibrio vulnificus - Jie Yeun Park, Semi Jeon, Jun Young Kim, Misun Park, Seonghan Kim
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):133-139. Published online June 30, 2013
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Objectives A multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method was developed for the identification of three Vibrio species: Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio vulnificus. Methods Specific primers and probes targeting the hlyA, tlh, and vvhA genes were selected and used for multiplex real-time PCR to confirm the identification of V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, and V. vulnificus, respectively. This method was applied to...
- Impacts of Heavy Rain and Typhoon on Allergic Disease
- Kwan Jun Park, Jong Youn Moon, Jong Sik Ha, Sun Duk Kim, Bok Yang Pyun, Taek Ki Min, Yoon Hyung Park
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):140-145. Published online June 30, 2013
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Objectives Allergic disease may be increased by climate change. Recent reports have shown that typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease locally by concentration of airborne allergens of pollen, ozone, and fungus, which are causes of allergic disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether typhoon and heavy rain increase allergic disease in Korea. Methods This study included allergic disease patients...
- Development of a Diagnostic Kit to Detect
Cryptosporidium parvum andGiardia lamblia - Hyeng-Il Cheun, Byung-Suk Chung, Da-Won Ma, Bo-La Goo, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Mi-jung Ji, Won-Ja Lee
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):146-151. Published online June 30, 2013
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Objectives This study aims to develop a high-sensitivity antibody diagnostic kit that will enable a rapid and accurate detection of Cryptospofidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in patients with diarrhea. Methods The cultivated C. parvum oocysts and G. lamblia cysts in each calf and dog were injected to mice to obtain antibodies, which were titrated. Spleen cells of the immunized mouse were separated and...
- 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
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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,...
- Brief Report
- Epidemiological Characteristics of Imported Shigellosis in Korea, 2010–2011
- Hee-Jung Kim, Seung-Ki Youn, Sangwon Lee, Yeon Hwa Choi
- 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...
- Trends in the Incidence of Scrub Typhus: The Fastest Growing Vector-Borne Disease in Korea
- Mi Ae Jeong, Seung-Ki Youn, Young-Kwon Kim, Hyungmin Lee, Sun-Ja Kim, Aeree Sohn
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):166-169. Published online June 30, 2013
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Scrub typhus, also called tsutsugamushi disease, is classified as a Group 3 disease in Korea according to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance Systems. It is an infectious disease transmitted to humans through the bite of mites that are infected with an intracellular parasite called Orientia tsutsugamushi (Family: Rickettsiaceae). This study aims to identify the demographic characteristics of the infected cases...
- Review Article
- Travel-Associated Chikungunya Cases in South Korea during 2009–2010
- Go Woon Cha, Jung Eun Cho, Eun Ju Lee, Young Ran Ju, Myung Guk Han, Chan Park, Young Eui Jeong
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):170-175. Published online June 30, 2013
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Objectives Chikungunya (CHIK) has been classified as a communicable disease group IV in South Korea since late 2010. Based on this, we investigated the extent of imported cases of CHIK in dengue-suspected individuals returning from dengue-endemic regions. Methods A total of 486 dengue-suspected serum samples were screened for CHIK by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. Further RT-PCR-positive...
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum to “A Comparison of Subtyping Methods for Differentiating
Salmonella enteric Serovar Enteritidis Isolates Obtained from Food and Human Sources” [Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 27–33] - Ji-Yeon Hyeon, Jung-Whan Chon, Jun-Ho Park, Moo-Sang Kim, Young-Hee Oh, In-Soo Choi, Kun-Ho Seo
- Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2013;4(3):176-176. Published online June 30, 2013
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