Diagnosis for Imported Cases of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases in Korea / 이화의대지
The Ewha Medical Journal
;
: 37-44, 2016.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-137218
ABSTRACT
Despite recent advances in the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines, the ease of international travel and increasing global interdependence have brought about particular challenges for the control of infectious diseases, highlighting concerns for the worldwide spread of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Korea is also facing public health challenges for controlling imported cases of infectious diseases; dengue virus, which is the most commonly reported case of imported infectious diseases; the largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections outside the Arabian Peninsula in 2015; and the Zika virus infection, which was declared by the WHO as a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." Although national and global partnerships are critical to controlling imported infectious disease threats, the role of local hospitals, public health sectors, and laboratory capacity remains the cornerstone for initial disease recognition and response. The current status of laboratory diagnosis for imported infectious diseases is reviewed.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Vaccines
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Public Health
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Communicable Diseases
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Coronavirus Infections
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging
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Dengue
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Dengue Virus
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Diagnosis
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Emergencies
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Ewha Medical Journal
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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