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Kim JH, Lee DH, Shin SS, Kang C, Kim JS, Jun BY, Lee JK
KMID: 2380518
Epidemiol Health.
2010;32:e2010006.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed two patients, who had taken the same plane from Los Angeles to Seoul, with novel influenza A (H1N1). Through contact tracing,...
BACKGROUND: Detection and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) infection with contact investigation is a key component of TB control program. I evaluated the prevalence and risk factors for TB infection among...
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an emerging zoonosis caused by the novel MERS corona virus isolated in 2012. Most MERS cases have been reported from Arab countries of the...
Accidental vaccinia may occur either in a recently vaccinated person through autoinoculation by veticular fluid or in a person who is in close personal contact with a recently vaccinated person....
The experience of the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in the Republic of Korea showed greater impact on healthcare institutions as compared to the previous epidemic in the Middle...
BACKGROUND: In the management of patients with sexually transmitted diseases(STD), contact tracing is fundamental to get the information of sexual partners to be responsible of STD transmission.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of...
Since April 2012, more than 1,600 laboratory-confirmed human infections with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported, occurring primarily in countries in the Arabian Peninsula; the majority in...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical features of adolescent TB.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of the adolescents aged 12 to 18 years and...
In order to investigate psychological and behavioral characteristics homosexuals and to present evidence that homosexuals are in danger of HIV infection in Korea, this study was done by self-administered questionnaire...
OBJECTIVES: A few culture-confirmed cases of S. sonnei have been notified from Korean hospitals. The source of epidemic can't be firmly determined in such cases because of the rarity of...
In order to evaluate the familial clustering of hepatitis B virus(HBV) and hepatitis C virus(HCV) infections and to elucidate the possible routes of HCV transmission among Korean adults with chronic...