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Pulmonology / Original Article
Changes in respiratory virus infection trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: the effectiveness of public health measures
Ji Young Park, Hwan Il Kim, Joo-Hee Kim, Sunghoon Park, Yong Il Hwang, Seung Hun Jang, Yong Kyun Kim, Ki-Suck Jung
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1157-1168. Published online August 18, 2021
Background/Aims: Studies on the effectiveness of public health measures to prevent respiratory virus transmission in real-world settings are lacking. We investigated the effectiveness of universal mask use and adherence to other personal preventive measures on the changing viral respiratory infectio..
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Review
How lessons learned from the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak affected the response to coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Korea
Tae Un Yang, Ji Yun Noh, Joon-Young Song, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):271-285. Published online February 5, 2021
The Republic of Korea (ROK) experienced a public health crisis due to Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015 and is currently going through the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Lessons learned from the disastrous MERS outbreak were ref lected in the preparedness system, and the..
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Infectious diseases / Original Article
Ongoing outbreak of human adenovirus-associated acute respiratory illness in the Republic of Korea military, 2013 to 2018
Jae-Hoon Ko, Hyeong-taek Woo, Hong Sang Oh, Song Mi Moon, Joon Young Choi, Jeong Uk Lim, Donghoon Kim, Junsu Byun, Soon-Hwan Kwon, Daeyoun Kang, Jung Yeon Heo, Kyong Ran Peck
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(1):205-213. Published online September 5, 2019
Background/Aims: Human adenovirus type 55 (HAdV-55), an emerging epidemic strain, has caused several large outbreaks in the Korean military since 2014, and HAdV-associated acute respiratory illness (HAdV-ARI) has been continuously reported thereafter.
Methods: To evaluate the epidemiologic characte..
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Infectious diseases / Review
Middle East respiratory syndrome: what we learned from the 2015 outbreak in the Republic of Korea
Myoung-don Oh, Wan Beom Park, Sang-Won Park, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Ji Hwan Bang, Kyoung-Ho Song, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Nam Joong Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(2):233-246. Published online February 27, 2018
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first isolated from a patient with severe pneumonia in 2012. The 2015 Korea outbreak of MERSCoV involved 186 cases, including 38 fatalities. A total of 83% of transmission events were due to five superspreaders, and 44% of the 186 MERS case..
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