• 대한수의학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2008

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the most economically important viral infectious disease in pig populations worldwide. This study was conducted to better understand the epidemic and dynamics of PRRS virus (PRRSV) on each farm and to evaluate the risk of PRRSV infection in Korea. Interviews with pig farmers were carried out to obtain PRRS vaccination programmes in 60 pig farms throughout Korea. Blood samples were also collected from the 59 pig farms to investigate outbreak patterns of each farm. Vaccination against PRRS was performed in 16.7% farms for breeding pigs and 8.3% of farms for nursery pigs. According to the seroepidemiological analysis, 56 (94.9%) out of 59 farms were considered to be affected by PRRSV infection. The results revealed that 68.9% of sows tested were seroconverted and interestingly, gilt herds had the highest seropositive rate (73%), suggesting that gilts may play a key role in PRRSV transmission in sow herds. Among the PRRS-affected piglet herds, 33 (55.9%), 14 (23.7%) and 6 (10.2%) farms were initially infected with PRRSV during the weaning, suckling and nursery period, respectively. It seems likely, therefore, that PRRSV infection predominantly occurs around the weaning period in piglet herds. Based on antibody seroprevalence levels in both sow and piglet groups, we were able to classify patterns of PRRSV infection per farm unit into 4 categories; category 1 (stable sow groups and non-infected piglet groups), category 2 (unstable sow groups and non-infected piglet groups), category 3 (stable sow groups and infected piglet groups), and category 4 (unstable sow groups and infected piglet groups). Our data suggested that 43 (72.9%) farms were analysed to belong to category 4, which is considered to be at high-risk for PRRS outbreak. Taken together, our information from this study will provide insight into the establishment of an effective control strategy for PRRS on the field.

• 대한한의정보학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-34
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• 2013

Objectives : A common cold is a viral disease. There exists only allopathy for it depending on symptoms because of no cure. Korean medicine has taken a serious view of common cold patients with digestive problems as well as patients of the common cold. Accordingly, this study is aimed at finding out the traits of patients with digestive problems among common cold patients. Methods : A survey was conducted with 62 cold patients who got medical treatment in Korean medicine clinics located in small cities and towns including metropolitan cities. The SPSS for Windows( 19.0 Version) was used for statistical analysis. Results : Depending on which clinic common cold patients decided to go to, there was a significant difference in the number of sick days. The group of patients who decided to go straight to oriental medicine clinics had fewer sick days. Only 9.7% of the group of patients who got treatment in Koean medicine clinics had more than 6 sick days. The group of common cold patients with digestive problems had more sick days than the group with no digestive problems, which showed that there was a significant correlation between digestive problems and sick days. When it came to digestive problems depending which clinic common cold patients decided to go to, there was no significant value because of little data collection. However, while 41.9% of the group who went to hospital at first and then to Koean medicine clinic had digestive problems, 24.2% of the group who directly went to Koean medicine clinic had digestive problems. On the whole, 66.1% of the entire common cold patients were shown to have digestive problems. Conclusion : There are relatively many patients with digestive problems among common cold patients, and there is a significant correlation between digestive problems and sick days on common cold.

• 식물병연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.288-293
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• 2013

국내외적으로 ACLSV, ASGV, ApMV, ASSVd와 같은 바이러스 및 바이로이드 병의 발생으로 사과 과실의 생산량 감소와 기형적인 외형 등 많은 문제점들이 보고되었다. 하지만 사과 바이러스의 감염에 대한 방제 대책은 거의 알려진 바가 없는 실정이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 사과 신품종인 '단홍', '홍안', '새나라', '썸머드림'을 분양하기에 앞서 바이러스 무병묘를 생산하는 시스템을 확립하고자 하였다. $37^{\circ}C$가 유지되는 항온 항습장치에서 4주간 열처리를 하였으며 기내에서 경정 배양을 하였다. 열처리된 각각의 사과 신품종들은 바이러스 진단 프라이머를 통해 RT-PCR을 수행하여 바이러스 진단을 수행하였다. 결과적으로 '단홍'은 28%의 바이러스 무병묘를 확보할 수 있었으며 '홍안'은 16%, '새나라'와 '썸머드림'은 12%의 확률로 바이러스 무병 사과를 확보할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과는 열처리 및 경정배양을 통해 사과 신품종에서 바이러스 무병묘 생산 시스템 구축이 가능함을 보여주었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2923-2927
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• 2014

Background: Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is one of the important health problems in Turkey, being very common and highly lethal. The aim of this study was to determine clinical, demographic features and risk factors. Materials and Methods: Nine hundred and sixth-three patients with HCC from 13 cities in Turkey were included in this study. Results: Only 205 (21%) of the 963 patients were women, with a male:female predominance of 4.8:1 and a median age of 61 years. The etiologic risk factors for HCC were hepatitis B in 555 patients (57.6%), 453 (81%) in men, and 102 (19%) in women, again with male predominance, hepatitis C in 159 (16.5%), (14.9% and 22.4%, with a higher incidence in women), and chronic alcohol abuse (more than ten years) in 137 (14.2%) (16.8% and 4.9%, higher in males). The Child-Pugh score paralleled with advanced disease stage amd also a high level of AFP. Conclusions: According to our findings the viral etiology (hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections) in the Turkish population was the most important factor in HCC development, with alcohol abuse as the third risk factor. The Child-Pugh classification and AFP levels were determined to be important prognostic factors in HCC patients.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1928-1936
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• 2018

Recently, human infections caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), which can lead to fatality, have dramatically increased in East Asia. With the unavailability of vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent and/or treat SFTSV infection, early rapid diagnosis is critical for prevention and control of the disease. Here, we report the development of a simple, rapid and sensitive portable detection method for SFTSV infection applying reverse transcription-loop mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) combined with one-pot colorimetric visualization and electro-free reaction platform. This method utilizes a pocket warmer to facilitate diagnosis in a resource-limited setting. Specific primers were designed to target the highly-conserved region of L gene of SFTSV. The detection limit of the RT-LAMP assay was approximately $10^0$ viral genome copies from three different SFTSV strains. This assay exhibited comparable sensitivity to qRT-PCR and 10-fold more sensitivity than conventional RT-PCR, with a rapid detection time of 30 to 60 minutes. The RT-LAMP assay using SFTSV clinical specimens has demonstrated a similar detection rate to qRT-PCR and a higher detection rate compared to conventional RT-PCR. Moreover, there was no observed cross-reactive amplification of other human infectious viruses including Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV), Dengue, Enterovirus, Zika, Influenza and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This highly sensitive, electro- and equipment-free rapid colorimetric visualization method is feasible for resource-limited SFTSV field diagnosis.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2016

Purpose: Mumps meningitis is a common complication of mumps infection; however, information on mumps meningitis in the postvaccine era is limited. The purpose of the present study was to determine factors associated with mumps meningitis and to discuss the effect of vaccination on this disease. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients younger than 19 years with mumps, diagnosed at a university hospital in Korea between 2003 and 2013. Patients were divided into groups with and without meningitis, and the clinical features of the 2 groups were compared. Results: The study enrolled 119 patients: 19 patients with meningitis and 100 patients without. Univariate analysis showed that older age (median: 15 years vs. 9.5 years, respectively), a longer interval from last vaccination (median: 10.2 years vs. 4.8 years, respectively), and febrile presentation (94.7% vs. 31.0%, respectively) were significantly associated with mumps meningitis. Sex, number of vaccination doses, bilateral parotitis, and the presence of complications other than meningitis did not differ between the 2 groups. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, age (odds ratio, 1.38; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.89; P=0.04) and fever (odds ratio, 30.46; 95% confidence interval, 3.27-283.61; P<0.01) remained independent factors for mumps meningitis. Conclusion: Clinicians in the postvaccine era should be aware of the possibility of mumps meningitis in febrile cases of mumps in adolescents, regardless of the number of vaccination doses. To establish the role of vaccination in mumps meningitis, further studies will be necessary.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.211-215
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• 2011

모자이크증상을 나타내는 열무로부터 Cucumber mosaic virus의 한 계통을 분리하고 특성을 조사하였다. Vigna unguiculata, Chenopodium amaranticolor and Gomphrena globosa에서 분리 바이러스의 기주반응과 dsRNA 분석, RT-PCR 검정, PCR-RFLP, 혈청학적 분석을 통하여 CMV의 한 계통임을 확인하였다. 이 CMV 계통을 다양한 지표식물에 접종하였을 때, Nicotiana benthamiana와 N. glutinosa, N. tabacum, 고추, 오이 그리고 멜론에서는 전형적인 강한 모자이크 병징이 나타났으나, 열무, 배추, 적갓은 매우 약한 병징을 나타내는 특징을 보였다. 새롭게 분리된 CMV 계통은 가지과, 박과 및 배추과 등 광범위한 작물에 감염성을 나타내었으며, 배추과에서의 감염성 차이를 근거로 Gn-CMV로 명명하였다. Double-stranded (ds) RNA를 분리한 분석에서 Gn-CMV는 기 보고된 CMV 계통과 마찬가지로 3.3, 3.0, 그리고 2.2 kb의 독립된 게놈으로 구성되어 있었으며, SDS-PAGE와 Western blotting 분석으로 통하여 28 kDa의 외피단백질을 확인할 수 있었다. RT-PCR로 얻어진 증폭산물을 Cac8I, ClaI and MspI을 이용한 PCR-RFLP를 통하여 CMV subgroup I 임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권17호
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• pp.7459-7465
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• 2014

Background: A prior study showed blood type A/AB to be associated with an increased risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) compared to subjects with blood type O. However, the relationship between ABO blood groups and prognosis of NPC patients is still questionable. In addition, whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with prognosis of NPC patients with different ABO blood groups is unclear. Materials and Methods: We conducted univariate and multivariable Cox regression analyses based on a consecutive cohort of 1,601 patients to investigate the above issues. Results: There was no significant difference in overall survival (OS) between different ABO blood groups (p=0.629), neither between A vs. non-A blood groups (p=0.895) nor AB vs. non-AB blood group (p=0.309) in univariate analyses and after adjusting for other factors. Interaction tests revealed that high immunoglobulin A against Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen (VcA-IgA) level was associated with a favorable prognosis in male patients with UICC stage II disease who had an A blood type (p=0.008), compared with those with non-A blood type. In addition, male patients with an A blood group with a high blood lymphocyte level showeda tendency towards better survival in UICC stage III (p=0.096). Conclusions: ABO blood group status is not associated with the prognosis of patients with NPC. Additionally, blood group A male NPC patients with high VcA-IgA level or high blood lymphocyte counts might be correlated with a favorable prognosis in UICC stage II or III, respectively.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 1998

1989년부터 남해안 일원 해상 가두리 양식장에서 사육중이던 능성어가 고수온기에 대량폐사하여 폐사율이 80%이었다. 발병한 병어는 채색흑화, 안구돌출, 평행감각 상실,회전운동과 몸통이 휘어지는 증상을 나타냈고, 조직학적으로는 뇌조직 및 안구망막의 신경세포가 공포 또는 괴사되었다. 병어로 부터 어류주화세포를 이용한 세포배양법으로 원인 바이러스는 분리되지 않았지만, 뇌 신경세포의 세포질에서 크기가 약 30 nm이며 외막(envelop)이 없는 다면체 모양의 바이러스 입자가 전가현미경적으로 관찰 되었다. 능성어로 부터 분리된 바이러스는 에테르나 열($50^{\circ}C$, 30분)처리에 의해 병원성이 실활되지 않았으나, 강산(pH 3)이나 강알카리(pH 11)에는 부분적으로 병원성이 실활되었다. 그리고 fish nodavirus인 Striped Jack Nervous Necrosis Virus(SJNNV)의 primer를 이용하여 인위감염 및 자연감염된 능성어를 대상으로 PCR을 한 결과 감염된 능성어의 뇌 및 안구조직에서 악 430 bp정도의 PCR 증폭산물이 검출되므로서 능성어를 폐사시키는 원인 바이러스는 SJNNV와 아주 유사한 nodavirus 였다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.581-585
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• 2002

Focal epithelial hyperplasia(FEH)는 구강편평상피의 국소적인 증식으로 사람유두종바이러스(Human papilloma virus)에 의해 유발되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 보통 어린 나이에 호발하며 종종 젊은 성인에서 발생하기도 한다. 협,순측 및 설측 점막에 호발하지만 치은이나 혀의 병소(lesions of tongue)도 보고된 바 있다. 이 병소는 전형적으로 다발성인 부드럽고 촉진 시 압통이 없는 편평한 구진이나 반의 형태를 갖는다. 종종 유두상의 표면을 보이기도 한다. 각각의 병소는 비교적 작고 분리되어 있으며 잘 경계지어진다. FEH의 조직학적 특징은 구강 상피의 유극세포증(acanthosis)이다. 그 밖에 바이러스에 의한 세포병리학적 변화를 나타내는 구멍세포(koilocyte)나 유사분열상 세포(mitosoid cell)가 관찰되기도 한다. 본 증례의 5세 여자환아는 치은의 돌기성 병소를 주소로 연세대학교 치과대학병원 소아치과에 내원하였다. 임상구강검사 결과 무경형의 유두상 구진(sessile papillary papules)이 상악 좌우측 제 2 유구치 협측 치은에서 관찰되었다. 촉진 시 동통은 없었다. 조직학적 검사를 위해 조직생검을 시행하였으며, 유극세포증이 관찰되었다. 이에 FEH로 진단되어 보고하는 바이다. FEH는 몇 달이나 몇 년 이내에 자발적으로 소멸하므로 일반적으로 치료는 불필요하다. 다만 진단적인 이유나 심미적인 이유로 보존적인 절제술을 시행하기도 한다. 이러한 치료 후 재발의 위험은 최소한이며, 악성 전이 가능성 역시 거의 없다.