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Nowadays, industrialization caused a new sort of infectious diseases which had not been noticed before. Most of them can be included into category of food-borne zoonosis, for example, Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157: H7, Campylobacter, Cyclospora cayetanensis, and new variant creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease (nvCJD). Development of diagnostic technology revealed the causative pathogen of many diseases which used to be regarded as non-infectious. The management of opportunistic infections in the increasing population of immunocompromised hosts accompanied with the progress in transplantation became a new challenge to the clinical field.
Campylobacter ; Communicable Diseases ; Communicable Diseases, Emerging* ; Cyclospora ; Escherichia coli O157 ; Immunocompromised Host ; Opportunistic Infections ; Salmonella

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Infections Associated with International Travel and Commerce.

Woo Joo KIM

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):59-64.

In 1992, the Institute of Medicine's report, Emerging Infections : Microbial Threats to health in the United States, expanding international travel and commerce was identified as one of six principal factors contributing to the global development and spread of emerging and reemerging pathogens. International travel has increased dramatically during the 20th century, and populations are now in motion to a degree never before seen in history. It has been estimated that during 1995 over 1.4 tourists corssed international borders every day, an annual total of over 500 million persons. Mobile populations include leisure and business travelers, military personnel, immigrants, refugees and missionaries. Travelers not only put themselves at risk by visiting areas where diseases are emerging, but they also run the risk of exposure to disease they do not usually encounter at home. After exposure they may then incubate these illnesses and not manifest symptoms until they return home, risking the potential for spread of microbes to new areas. International travelers visiting developing countries are at particular risk for a variety of bacterial, viral, and parasitic infectious diseases. Increased trade and expanded markets for imported foods, which occasionally contain bacterial or viral contaminants. International interchange of mankinds and goods afford ample opportunity for the unrecognized movement of pathogens from place to place and for rapid global spread of microbial agents. From the microbe's point of view, the global village of the late 20th century provides global opportunities for disease emergence and transmission.
Commerce* ; Communicable Diseases ; Developing Countries ; Emigrants and Immigrants ; Humans ; Leisure Activities ; Military Personnel ; Missions and Missionaries ; Refugees ; United States

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Infectious Diseases Associated with Chabges in the Environment.

Eun Ok KIM ; Jun Hee WOO

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):53-58.

No abstract available.
Communicable Diseases*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Moon Won KANG

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):50-52.

No abstract available.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging*

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Two Cases of Tsutsugamushi Disease in the Spring.

Kyung A KIM ; Se Hoon LEE ; Won Song JANG ; Myoung Don OH ; Iksang KIM ; Kangwon CHOE

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):46-49.

We report two cases of tsutsugamushi disease which occurred in the spring of 1998. One patient presented with fever, rash, lymphadenopathy and eschar. He was exposed to bush areas on March 29, 1998 and developed symptoms starting April 6, 1998. The other patient visited our hospital because of fever, headache, and vomiting which developed since May 21, 1998. Physical examination revealed rash, lymphadenopathy, and eschar. Cerebrospinal fluid was positive for Orientia tsutsugamushi by using polymerase chain reaction. Most tsutsugamushi cases occur between October and December in Korea. The seasonal variation in the incidence of tsutsugamushi disease is probably related to the life cycle of the vector mite. The frequency of Leptotrombidium pallidum, a major vector mite in Korea, shows a large peak in autumn and a smaller peak in spring. Our cases confirm that tsutsugamushi disease can occur in the spring in Korea.
Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Epidemiology ; Exanthema ; Fever ; Headache ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Life Cycle Stages ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Mites ; Orientia tsutsugamushi ; Physical Examination ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Scrub Typhus* ; Seasons ; Trombiculidae ; Vomiting

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A Case of Transfusion Induced Malaria Presenting as a Fever of Unknown Origin.

In Kyong JEONG ; Myoung Don OH ; Jong Yil CHAI ; Hyeong Woo LEE ; Won Ja LEE ; Jong Su LEE ; Dong Hee SOE ; Kang Won CHOE

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):41-45.

We report a case of a 39 year-old woman with transfusion-induced malaria presenting as fever of unknown origin. She had been well until 2 months ago when lower abdominal pain developed. Pelvic ultrasonography revealed an ovarian mass and an operation was performed. Two weeks after the operation, she developed a fever. Peripheral blood smear revealed developmental stages of Plasmodium vivax. The patient had received two units of whole blood during the operation, which was later proven to have been donated by a asymptomatic soldier who contracted tertian malaria while serving near the DMZ, an endemic area of malaria in South Korea. Considering such a case, malaria should be included in the differential diagnosis of post-transfusion febrile episodes.
Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Fever of Unknown Origin* ; Fever* ; Humans ; Korea ; Malaria* ; Military Personnel ; Plasmodium vivax ; Ultrasonography

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A Case of Herpes Simplex Meningoencephalitis with Broca's Aphasia.

Hyung Joon YIM ; Jin Soo LEE ; Byung Won HUR ; Jang Wook SOHN ; Heong Jeong WOO ; Hee Jin CHEONG ; Woo Joo KIM ; Min Ja KIM ; Seung Chull PARK

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):35-40.

Herpetic meningoencephalitis is a devastating disease with significant morbidity and mortality. One of the most serious clinical sequelae is aphasia, usually of sensory type, whereas, Broca's or motor aphasia is not a common manifestation. We report a case of herpetic meningoencephalitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and viral culture with Broca's aphasia as a neurologic sequela. A 35-year old male patient was admitted due to fever and altered mentality for 3 days. He was accompanied by nausea, vomiting, disorientation, and memory defect. Several vesicular eruptions were noted around the lips. Neck stiffness was present, but Kernig's and Brudzinski signs were not observed. Herpetic meningoencephalitis was confirmed with PCR and other diagnostic tests such as EEG, brain MRI, brain CT scan, and viral culture. His overall clinical condition was improved after acyclovir therapy, but Broca's aphasia remained as a sequela.
Acyclovir ; Adult ; Aphasia* ; Aphasia, Broca ; Brain ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; Electroencephalography ; Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex* ; Fever ; Herpes Simplex* ; Humans ; Lip ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Memory ; Mortality ; Nausea ; Neck ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Vomiting

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Resurgence of the Malaria Vivax Cases in Korea.

Jae Chul SHIM ; Dae Seong KIM

Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases.1999;31(1):25-34.

Vivax malaria, which was once thought to be eradicable since more than 20 years ago, has made a dramatic resurgence since 1993 in the northern parts of Kyeonggi-do in the background of 0.13 of the annual parasite incidence in the population of 956,773 and 2 positives (0.07%) of asymptomatic parasitaemia among the 2,937 residents of mass blood survey in the area in 1969. The majority of the cases were soldiers infected in several counties located within 5 km from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in 1994. Since then, malaria cases have increased and have tended to expand toward eastern and southern areas. Korean malaria is characterized by asymptomatic parasitaemia with long prepatent period, so malaria cases, including those manifesting as general fever should be treated with a combination of chloroquine and pyrimethamine to prevent the completion of sporogonic cycle in the mosquitoes. For the most effective control of vector mosquitoes, residual insecticides should be applied in the military houses and animal shelters with thermal fogging, including the control of the pre-stages of physiological age of the mosquitoes within 25 km from the DMZ. It is strongly suggested that military uniforms be treated with 0.5% permethrin complex (permethrin 39%+cyfluthrin 1%) or permethrin formulation. Further genetic studies are desired to determine the subspecies of Plasmodium vivax because Korean strain of malaria is likely to be a complex form of Plasmodium vivax vivax and Plasmodium vivax hibernans.
Animals ; Chloroquine ; Culicidae ; Fever ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Incidence ; Insecticides ; Korea* ; Malaria* ; Malaria, Vivax ; Military Personnel ; Parasites ; Permethrin ; Plasmodium vivax ; Pyrimethamine ; Weather

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