• Environmental engineer
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• s.167
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• pp.58-61
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• 2000

하절기 외기 온도 상승에 따라 에어컨의 사용이 급증하게 되며, 특히 건물등의 공기조화장치의 가동이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 최근 사회문제로 대두되고 있는 레지오넬라균에 의한 질병은 공기조화기와 밀접한 관계가 있으며, 따라서 이 질병에 대한 이해와 적절한 방지가 무엇보다 중요하다. 레지오넬라는 물과 박테리아가 결합된 상태로 분무상태로 공기에 의해 전염된다. 레지오넬라가 검출되는 인공적인 시설물로는 공조, 산업용 cooling tower, $20^{\circ}C$에서 $45^{\circ}C$ 범외내의 온수 분무를 생산하는 기타의 시스템등에서 발생된다. 이에 (주)한수는 최근 레지오넬라균 및 미생물의 살균처리가 가능한 "레비오켐"을 개발,시판하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Sanitation Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.31-48
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Korean Sanitation Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.31-48
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• 1999

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.424-428
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• 2013

To identify risk factors for Legionella contamination, water quality variables routinely measured in examination of natural and city waters were meta-analyzed for significance of correlation to Legionella incidences. For evaluation of abundance of Escherichia coli as a risk factor, which is currently used as an indicator of Legionella contamination in an official guideline in Korea, odds ratio (OR) of above-cutoff total coliform counts for Legionella presence/absence was used as the effect size in the meta-analysis. The OR was estimated as 1.05 (0.36-3.12, 95% CI), and the probability of having identical odds reached 0.92. Also, ORs from individual studies showed significant heterogeneity (P=0.008), which contributed to 63% of total variance of the ORs. In the case of heterotrophic plate count (HPC), the OR for Legionella presence/absence was 2.72 (2.04-3.63) with highly significant deviation from identical odds (P<0.0001). ORs from different studies were seemingly homogeneous ($Q_{df=8}$=12.7, P=0.12). Turbidity and concentrations of chlorine, iron ion and cupper ion were other routine variables that could be considered as risk factors. However, statistical measures from different studies were not uniform enough to develop an appropriate effect size while the number of studies reporting the variables was also small (3-5). In conclusion, HPC appeared to be appropriate as indicator of Legionella contamination, rather than fecal bacteria contamination. HPC may imply abundance of habitats (amoebas and biofilms) of Legionella in water. This result warrants further studies for standardizing protocols and cutoff values to infer Legionella risks from HPC.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.259-266
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• 2015

Observed trends in climate change, globalization and an aging population have an effect on public health conditions in Korea, prompting a reevaluation of current environmental regulations. In this study, we evaluated the performance of the total coliform (TC) standard, which is the only microbiological standard in the current regulation regime for hot spring water, by estimating correlation with the presence/absence of Legionella, a non-fecal opportunistic pathogen with heat-tolerance. Microbiological data in 7 studies that surveyed Legionella in hot spring waters were subjected to meta-analyses with the odds ratio (OR) as the effect size. The presence/absence of Legionella was significantly correlated to TC levels [OR = 3.1(1.5–6.4, 95% CI), p = 0.002]. Due to there being no direct explanation as to the reason for the occurrence of TC, mesophilic fecal bacteria, being coupled with Legionella presence, the mechanism of the correlation between the two kinds of bacteria was further investigated. Legionella presence was more prevalent with a high heterotrophic plate count [HPC; 4.0(2.2–7.2); p < 0.001] and water temperature [4.3(1.4–13.6), p = 0.011] when the temperature range was <40℃. However, it was reverse-correlated with water temperature when the temperature was >50℃ [0.2(0.1–0.4), p < 0.001]. Therefore, bacterial standing crops in hot spring waters appear to be determined by water temperature in general, and this forces TC and Legionella levels be correlated. In accordance with this relationship, HPC rather than TC reflect the levels of non-fecal contamination better. Therefore, employing HPC as the sole microbiological standard, or adding HPC into the current standard of hot spring water assessment, is suggested as a proactive measure to prevent health issues arising from contamination.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.156-162
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• 2017

Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a severe and potentially fatal pneumonia caused by colonization of human-made water system and subsequent aerosolization and inhalation of Legionella bacteria. A total of 147 Legionella strains was isolated from environmental water sources from public facilities in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The distribution of Legionella isolates was investigated according to facility type, and sample type. L. pneumophila was distributed broadly throughout Gyeonggi-do, accounting for 85.7% of the isolates, and L. pneumophila serogroup (sg) 1 predominated in all of the public facilities. L. wadsworthii predominated among non-L. pneumophila species. We performed comparative analyses of L. pneumophila sg 1 isolated from environment water of public facilities in Gyeonggi-do by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and sequence-based typing (SBT). Thirty-two isolates were classified into 22 types by PFGE and 9 sequence types (STs) by SBT and categorized into 3 groups. ST1 was the most prevalent sequence type and two STs obtained in this study had unique allelic profiles. The use of SBT data from different countries for epidemiology study of LD constitutes a technically uncomplicated and relatively easy method for strain subtyping, especially compared to other contemporary techniques.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.209-211
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• 2002

실내공기오염을 일으키는 오염물질은 SO$_2$, NOx, 흡연, 먼지 등 여러 종류가 있고, 이것들에 대한 연구는 계속 연구가 진행되고 있으나, 호흡기성 감염을 일으키는 레지오넬라균(Legionella spp), 세균(Bacteria), 진균(Fungus) 등에 대해 실내공기오염 측면에서 다른 연구는 찾아보기 어려운 실정이다. (중략)

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.32-32
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• 1989

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.32-32
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• 1989

• The Science & Technology
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• no.9 s.412
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• pp.6-8
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• 2003

'고흥 우주센터' 기공/ 한국, 물리올림피아드 첫 우승/ 세계 유수 R&D 연구센터 유치작업 착수/ 여학생 비율 높이는 이공계 대학에 장려금/ 2010년 유망 과학기술분야 직업 30종 선정/ 국내 인터넷 연구 2천 8백만 명/ 병원 · 백화점 등 레지오넬라균 주의보/ 세계 최초 위치인식기능 청소로봇 개발/ 붉은귀 거북, 하천 · 고궁서 생태계 어지럽힌다