• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2019

Worldwide, avian influenza H9N2 viruses of different lineages are the most widespread viruses in poultry. However, to date, cases in Russia have not been documented. In this study, we report the first detection of a G1-like H9N2 virus from poultry sampled at live-bird markets in Russia (Far East region) during the winter of 2018 (isolate A/chicken/Amur_Russia/17/2018). We assume there has been further circulation of the A/chicken/Amur_Russia/17/2018 H9N2 virus in the Russian Far East with possible distribution to other regions or countries in 2018-2019.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.260-265
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• 2005

목 적 : 인플루엔자는 주기적인 유행을 통해 높은 사망률과 유병률을 초래하며 인플루엔자 유행 시에 지역사회에서 폐렴의 증가, 인플루엔자 유사질환에 의한 입원의 증가, 사망률의 증가등을 통해 나타나게 된다. 이에 저자들은 최근 부산지역에서 유행한 인플루엔자 바이러스를 동정하고 유행 시기를 알아보고자 한다. 방 법 : 2000년부터 2002년까지 최근 3년간 성분도병원 소아과를 비롯한 부산광역시의 10개 감시지정병원과 부산광역시의 16개 보건소의 외래로 내원하였거나 입원하였던 환자 중 임상적으로 인플루엔자가 의심되는 환자들에게서 채취한 인후 도찰물, 콧물 등의 가검물을 배양하여 인플루엔자의 유형과 성별, 연령별 발생분포, 유행 시기 등을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 3년간 총 209주의 인플루엔자 바이러스가 분리되었다. 2000년에는 A/sydney/05/97(H3N2)-like, A/Beijing/262/95(H1N1)-like와 B/Harbin/07/94-like이었으며, 2001년에 분리된 바이러스는 A/Panama/2007/99(H3N2)-like와 A/Newcaledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like이었고, 2002년도에는 A/Panama/2007/99(H3N2)-like, A/Newcaledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like와 B/Beijing/243/97, B/Honkong/22/2001, B/Sichuam/379/99이었다. 분리된 바이러스의 성별 발생 분포는 2000년 남성 환자 14명(32.56%), 여성 환자 25명(67.44%), 2001년 남성 환자 23명(41.07%), 여성환자 33명(58.93%), 2002년 남성 환자 57명(50%), 여성 환자 57명(50%)이 발생하였다. 2) 연령별 발생 분포는 2000년에는 0-10세 사이에서 48.84%로 대부분을 차지하였으나 2001년에는 11-20세 사이에서 33.93%로 비교적 높은 비율을 보였고, 2002년에는 10세 이하가 64.91%로 대부분을 차지하였다. 3) 월별 발생 분포는 2000년에는 1월에 한 차례 높았다가 다시 4월에 다소 높은 발생을 보였으며 6월까지 낮은 비율이지만 다양한 바이러스가 출현하였다. 반면 2001년에는 2월과 3월에 집중적으로 발생하였다. 그리고 2002년에는 3월과 11월에 두 번이나 높은 발생을 나타내었다. 결 론 : 인플루엔자 바이러스는 잦은 항원변이를 보이고, 늦가을에서 초봄까지 유행하며, 특히 10세 이하의 소아에서 높은 이환율을 보이므로 각별한 예방대책이 강구되어야 하겠다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2006

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and systemic inflammatory disease that is characterized by invasive synovial hyperplasia, leading to progressive joint destruction. Recent studies have described that RA is caused by virus, bacteria or outside material. Approximately 2 to 20% of RA cases arc reported to be associated with infected hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, the mechanisms underlying virus-induced RA are still unknown. Moreover, few molecular studies have addressed the inflammatory aspects of HCV-associated autoimmune RA. In this study, we aimed to determine whe ther or not another HCV core protein transactivates the IL-8 gene expression, prototypic chemokine, in synovial cell. Methods: To establish the HCV core expressing stable synovial cell line, pCI-neo-core, a plasmid encoding HCV core protein, were transfected to HIG-82 cell line that is an established cell line from rabbit periaricular soft tissue. We examined the morphological changes and cell cycle distribution of HIG-82 cells with expression of HCV core protein by inverted microscopy and flow cytometry analysis, respectively. Also, we determined the mRNA levels of Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 related to the inflammation by RT-PCR and then analyzed regulation of IL-8 expression by the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway. Results: Our study showed no significant differences in morphology and cell cycle between HIG-82 control cell line and HIG-82 expressing HCV core protein. However, expression of HCV core protein induces the IL-8 mRNA expression in HIG-82 core cells via activated NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway. Conclusion: These results suggest that HCV core protein can lead to enhanced IL-8 expression. Such a proinflammatory role may contribute to the etiologic pathogenesis in RA patients with HCV infection.

• Entomological Research
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.439-447
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• 2018

Adult mosquito surveillance was conducted from 2013 through 2014 at four cattle sheds, a wild bird refuge, and two residential areas located in Gyeongnam Province in the Republic of Korea. Adult mosquitoes were collected in black light traps from April 1, through November 30. Mosquito surveillance was conducted to figure out population densities of vector mosquitoes, possibly invaded mosquitoes and identify various virus infections at the selected sites. A total of 107,466 females comprising 14 species and 7 genera were collected from 2013 to 2014. The most common species collected were Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (63.8%), Anopheles sinensis s.l. (18.9%), Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald) (7.7%), and Culex pipiens Coquillett (5.1%). Trap indices (TIs) varied widely for species over their range, due to geographical distribution and degree of association with rural and urban communities. The most collected An. sinensiss.l. and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus appeared at a cow shed in Hapcheon (TI 347.5) and a pigsty in Daejeo-1-dong, Busan (TI 1,040.8), respectively, due in part to their situation near breeding sites such as rice paddies. The bi-weekly population densities for mosquito species were variable for each of the years, apparently as a result of variable annual weather conditions. None of the mosquito species collected tested for the flavivirus including Japanese Encephalitis Virus, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, and Zika Virus infections by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay were positive.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.277-287
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• 2024

상수도 관망은 운영 중 다양한 수질 사고 발생 위험요소에 노출되어 있다. 본 연구는 다양한 수질 사고 위험요소 중 상수도 관망 내로의 바이러스 유입에 따른 위험도 평가 방법론을 제시하고, 이를 활용하여 위험도를 최소화할 수 있는 재염소 시설의 위치와 운영에 대한 검토를 수행하였다. 위험도 평가를 위해 QMRA (Quantitative Microbial Risk assessment)를 적용하였으며, 염소 농도에 따른 Water Quality Resilience를 정의하여 바이러스가 유입되지 않은 정상 운영 상황과 바이러스가 유입된 비정상 상황에서 염소 농도가 목표 범위(0.1-1.0 mg/L)내 운영되는지 여부를 정량적으로 확인하였다. 본 연구에서는 바이러스와 염소간의 반응을 고려해야 하기에, 다양한 수질인자를 고려할 수 있는 EPANET-MSX를 활용하여 수리 및 수질 분석을 수행하였다. 제안한 방법론은 미국의 Bellingham의 관망에 적용하였으며, 재염소 시설의 경우 0.5 mg/L부터 1.0 mg/L까지 주입 가능한 것으로 하였다. 적용 결과 재염소 시설이 없는 경우 Average risk가 0.0154이었으며, 재염소 시설 설치 후 1.0 mg/L의 농도로 주입 시 39.1%의 Average risk를 저감할 수 있었다. 다만, 재염소 시설을 통한 과도한 염소 주입은 Water Quality Resilience를 저감하여, 최종적으로 0.5 mg/L의 재염소 시설을 선정하였으며, 이를 활용하여 20% 가량의 Average risk 저감이 가능함을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 향후 잠재적 바이러스 유입에 대비한 재염소 시설의 설계에 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2003

목 적 : 호흡기 바이러스는 인간에게 가장 전염성이 강한 병원체의 하나로 급성 호흡기 감염 특히 하기도 감염증은 소아에서의 유병률과 사망률의 주요 원인이 되고 있다. 저자들은 하기도 감염증에 이환된 환아들을 대상으로 influenza A, B virus, adenovirus, enterovirus의 감염 연령 분포와 계절적 유행 양상, 바이러스별 임상 양상을 알기 위하여 이 연구를 시작하였다. 방 법 : 2002년 1월부터 2002년 12월까지 부산 메리놀병원에 입원하거나 외래 방문한 하기도 감염증 소아들을 대상으로 인후 가검물, 콧물, 타액 분비물 등을 채취하여 바이러스를 동정하였고, 검사를 시행한 568명 중 바이러스가 동정된 54명을 대상으로 호발 연령, 유행 시기, 임상 증상을 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결 과 : 1) 대상 환아의 연령 분포는 2개월부터 14세 사이였고, 남녀비는 1.8 : 1이었다. 3~6세가 29.6%로 가장 많았고, 2~3세 사이가 14.8%, 12세 이상이 13% 순이었다. 2) 동정된 바이러스는 influenza A virus가 59.3%로 가장 많았고, enterovirus가 33.3%, adenovirus 5.6%, influenza B virus 1.9%였고, parainfluenza virus와 RSV는 동정되지 않았다. 3) 임상 양상은 폐렴이 51.9%로 가장 많았고, 기관지염이 31.5%, 크루프 9.3%, 모세기관지염 7.4%의 순이었다. 4) 호흡기 바이러스는 각각의 유행 시기가 있어, influenza A virus는 3~5월, 11월에 2차례의 유행이 있어 주로 겨울에 유행하는 양상을 보였으며, influenza B virus는 3월에, adenovirus는 3월과 7월에, enterovirus는 3~7월에 유행하여 주로 봄부터 여름까지 유행하는 양상을 보였다. 결 론 : 2002년 부산 지역 호흡기 바이러스 감염의 주된 원인은 influenza virus였다. 이러한 결과는 influenza virus의 유행을 보여주는 것으로 이에 대한 지속적인 감시와 예방, 조기 진단과 치료가 필요하다고 하겠다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8837-8842
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• 2014

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important cause of liver cancer in Thailand. The highest prevalence of anti-HCV positive among Thai blood donors is found in the northeastern region. The present analysis of the genotype distribution among anti-HCV positive northeastern-Thai blood donors was conducted to provide a base for the epidemiological pattern of HCV infection in this region. Materials and Methods: A total of 112 HCV seropositive healthy blood donors were randomly selected and tested for the presence of HCV-RNA by RT-PCR. HCV-RNA positive samples were genotyped by direct sequencing at core region genomes and confirmed by phylogenetic analysis. Results: HCV viremia was found in 94.6% (106/112) of HCV seropositive blood donors. There were 3 major genotypes distributed among this population. HCV genotype 3a was the most prevalent (71.7%) followed by genotypes 1a (7.5%), 1b (7.5%), 6i (3.8%), 6f (2.8%) and 6n (1.9%). Conclusions: HCV genotype 3a in asymptomatic infections in northeastern Thailand is significantly higher than other previous reports. Subgenotype 6 prevalence is less than in neighboring countries and distribution patterns differ. The findings are relevant as predictors for using interferon therapy in this population.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2019

While research findings suggest that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is the leading cause of economic loss in Korean poultry industry with an estimated cumulative impact of $909 million since 2003, identifying the environmental and anthropogenic risk factors involved remains a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify areas at high risk for potential HPAI outbreaks according to the likelihood of HPAI virus detection in wild birds. This study integrates spatial information regarding HPAI surveillance with relevant demographic and environmental factors collected between 2003 and 2018. The Maximum Entropy (Maxent) species distribution modeling with presence-only data was used to model the spatial risk of HPAI virus. We used historical data on HPAI occurrence in wild birds during the period 2003-2018, collected by the National Quarantine Inspection Agency of Korea. The database contains a total of 1,065 HPAI cases (farms) tied to 168 unique locations for wild birds. Among the environmental variables, the most effective predictors of the potential distribution of HPAI in wild birds were (in order of importance) altitude, number of HPAI outbreaks at farm-level, daily amount of manure processed and number of wild birds migrated into Korea. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the 10 Maxent replicate runs of the model with twelve variables was 0.855 with a standard deviation of 0.012 which indicates that the model performance was excellent. Results revealed that geographic area at risk of HPAI is heterogeneously distributed throughout the country with higher likelihood in the west and coastal areas. The results may help biosecurity authority to design risk-based surveillance and implementation of control interventions optimized for the areas at highest risk of HPAI outbreak potentials.

• 대한피부과학회지
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.531-538
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• 2018

Background: Herpes zoster is a common dermatologic disorder. However, it rarely occurs in children and adolescents in Gwangju-Jeonnam province. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of herpes zoster in children and adolescents. Methods: A retrospective survey was conducted on patients who visited the department of dermatology of Chosun University Hospital in Gwangju-Jeonnam province within the past 8 years. The medical records of 103 patients aged <18 years were reviewed. We analyzed for age, gender, accompanying symptoms, dermatomal distribution, underlying disease, treatment, and complications with serologic test. Results: The male-to-female ratio of the participants was 1.08:1, and their mean age was 13.0 years. Underlying diseases were observed in 3% (3/102) of the patients. The most common dermatomal distribution was thoracic dermatome (34%), followed by trigeminal (26%), cervical (20%), lumbar (15%), and non-skin (6%). The most common accompanying symptoms were headache (10%), fever (3%), and myalgia (3%). No difference was observed between patients who were varicella-zoster virus (VZV) IgM-positive and those who were VZV IgM-negative in terms of dermatome, visual analogue scale (VAS), severity, and body mass index (BMI). Conclusion: In children and adolescents with herpes zoster, the gender ratio and dermatomal distribution were similar to those previously reported, except for the low rate of underlying diseases. The incidence of herpes zoster in children was not significantly associated with immunosuppression and underlying diseases. Higher VZV IgM titer was not associated with dermatomal distribution, higher VAS score, or BMI. This study first compared the serological test results of children.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2017

The effect of temperature on the rate of systemic infection of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Chu-Baek) by Potato virus Y (PVY) was studied in growth chambers. Systemic infection of PVY was observed only within the temperature range of $16^{\circ}C$ to $32^{\circ}C$. Within this temperature range, the time required for a plant to become infected systemically decreased from 14 days at $20^{\circ}C$ to 5.7 days at $28^{\circ}C$. The estimated lower thermal threshold was $15.6^{\circ}C$ and the thermal constant was 65.6 degree days. A systemic infection model was constructed based on experimental data, using the infection rate (Lactin-2 model) and the infection distribution (three-parameter Weibull function) models, which accurately described the completion rate curves to systemic infection and the cumulative distributions obtained in the PVY-potato system, respectively. Therefore, this model was useful to predict the progress of systemic infections by PVY in potato plants, and to construct the epidemic models.