Diagnosis for Imported Cases of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases in Korea.
10.12771/emj.2016.39.2.37
- Author:
Miae LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. miae@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Emerging infectious diseases;
Dengue;
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus;
Zika virus;
Diagnosis
- MeSH:
Clinical Laboratory Techniques;
Communicable Diseases;
Communicable Diseases, Emerging*;
Coronavirus Infections;
Dengue;
Dengue Virus;
Diagnosis*;
Emergencies;
Hospitals, Public;
Korea*;
Middle East;
Public Health;
Vaccines
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2016;39(2):37-44
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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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.
