• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.24-33
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• 2009

2008년 9월 경상북도 영천시 소재 Y 지적장애인 특수학교에서 설사 유행이 신고되었고, 일부 환자의 검체에서 Shigella sonnei가 검출되었다. 이에 Y 학교와 초발 환자 신00이 기거하고 있던 경산시 소재 D 재활원에서 발생한 세균성이질에 관한 역학조사를 실시하였다. Y 학교와 D 재활원은 지적장애인을 위한 학교 및 생활시설로서 모두 직영급식을 하고 있다. 지적장애가 있는 학생과 원생들을 상대로 설문조사는 시행하지 않았고 교사와 직원들을 상대로 면담을 실시하였다. Y 학교와 D 재활원에서 직장 도말 검사를 각각 298건, 361건 실시하고 환경 검체 검사를 각각 60건, 20건을 실시하였다. 학교와 재활원의 환경조사를 실시하였고 음용수와 조리용수, 생활용수의 공급원을 파악하였다. 환자는 격리 치료하고 추가 환자 발생을 일일 능동 모니터링하였다. 환례는 2008년 9월 18일부터 9월 26일까지 Y 학교와 D 재활원의 구성원 중에서 설사(하루 2회 이상의 묽은 변)가 있는 경우 혹은 직장도말 배양검사 결과 Shigella sonnei 양성인 경우로 정의하였다. 환례 정의에 따라 조사 대상 659명 중 환례는 8명으로 1.2%의 발생률을 보였고 이들은 모두 Y 학교 학생이었다. 직장도말 배양검사 결과 Shigella sonnei가 5명의 학생에서 검출되었고, 이들 중 3명에서는 설사 증상이 있었으며 나머지 2명은 무증상이었다. 환례 8명 모두 단체숙식을 하고 있었는데 이들 중 2명은 Y 학교 기숙사 기린방에서 생활하였고, 4명은 D 재활원 온유방, 나머지 2명은 D 재활원의 까치방과 자비방에서 각각 생활하였다. Y 학교와 D 재활원의 환경조사 결과 특이사항이 없었으며, 공통적으로 음용수와 조리 용수는 상수도에서 공급받고 화장실의 생활용수는 하수도에서 공급받고 있었다. D 재활원의 지하수 1건에서 대장균군이 양성이면서 일반세균이 20,000 CFU/mL으로 나왔다. Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis 검사에서 5건 모두 동일한 DNA 절편 양식을 보였다. D 재활원과 Y 학교에서 발생한 세균성이질은 동일한 균주에 의한 유행으로 판단한다. D 재활원의 온유방에서 현성 또는 불현성 감염자인 교사나 자원봉사자와의 직 간접 접촉을 통해 최초로 1명 이상의 원생에게 전파시켰을 가능성이 있다. 그 후 환례들과 직 간접 접촉에 의하여 D 재활원의 온유방 내, 다른 방과 Y 학교 학생에게 전파되었을 가능성이 있다고 추정한다. 단체 시설의 교사와 자원봉사자에 대하여 손씻기의 중요성이 더 강조되어야 하고 전염이 가능한 증상이나 질병이 있을 때에는 접촉이나 봉사 활동을 자제해야 할 것이다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.368-374
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• 2009

농촌 주민들 32명이 캄보디아와 베트남을 여행하였다. 7일간의 여행 중 8명이 설사를 하였다. 이에 원인과 감염경로를 파악하기 위해 역학조사를 시행하였다. 여행자 32명 전원을 대상으로 방문 혹은 전화로 역학조사를 시행하였으며, 23명의 직장도말 검체를 경상북도 보건환경연구원에서 검사하였다. 또한 여행사를 통해 여행 경로와 일정을 조사하였다. 발병률은 25.0%(8명)이었으며, 그 중 3명은 미생물학적으로 Shigella flexneri(Serotype 3a)에 의한 감염을 확인하였다. 외국에서 감염이 발생하였다고 추정하여 환경가검물을 검사할 수 없었지만 공동매개체로는 세균성이질의 잠복기와 역학적 특성을 고려할 때 앙코르와트에서 사 먹은 생수가 세균성이질 균에 오염된 것으로 생각한다. 가장 흔한 해외 유입 전염병은 물이나 음식을 매개로 하는 전염병이다. 외국을 여행하는 여행자들은 수인성/음식매개 감염병에 대하여 철저히 예방을 하고 여행 후 증상이 있는 경우 신고 및 적절한 치료를 받아야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2011

Objects: In July 2 2010, a diarrhea outbreak occurred among the workers in a company in Gyeungju city, Korea. An epidemiological investigation was performed to clarify the cause and transmission route of the outbreak. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey among 193 persons, and we examined 21 rectal swabs and 6 environmental specimens. We also delegated the Daegu Bukgu public health center to examine 3 food service employees and 5 environmental specimens from the P buffet which served a buffet on June 30. The patient case was defined as a worker of L Corporation and who participated in the company meal service and who had diarrhea more than one time. We also collected the underground water filter of the company on July 23. Results: The attack rate of diarrhea among the employees was 20.3%. The epidemic curve showed that a single exposure peaked on July 1. The relative risk of attendance and non-attendance by date was highest for the lunch of June 30 (35.62; 95% CI, 2.25 to 574.79). There was no specific food that was statistically regarded as the source of the outbreak. $Bacillus$ $cereus$ was cultured from two of the rectal swabs, two of the preserved foods and the underground water filter. We thought the exposure date was lunch of June 30 according the latency period of $B.$ $cereus$. Conclusions: We concluded the route of transmission was infection of dishes, spoons and chopsticks in the lunch buffet of June 30 by the underground water. At the lunch buffet, 50 dishes, 40 spoons, and chopsticks were served as cleaned and wiped with a dishcloth. We thought the underground water contaminated the dishes, spoons, chopsticks and the dishcloth. Those contaminated materials became the cause of this outbreak.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.202-212
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• 2021

Objectives: The reproductive health of female workers has been extensively investigated in South Korea and other countries worldwide. However, few studies have discussed the reproductive health of male workers. In this study, we reviewed the recent literature that reports on the effects of occupational exposure on the reproductive health of male workers and the health of their children. Methods: In May 2020 we used the PubMed search engine to search the literature over the last 10 years and chose case-control, cohort, and cross-sectional studies and reviews. We selected epidemiological studies that investigated the association between pre-pregnant occupational exposure and the reproductive health of male workers and the health of their children. We excluded case reports, non-epidemiological studies (animal experiments, cellular-level experiments, and similar articles), and studies that described postnatal occupational exposure. Results: We eventually selected 23 studies. The studies that included exclusively male workers reported that those employed in the agricultural sector or those exposed to pesticides showed lower blood levels of reproductive hormones and a high risk of lympho-hematopoietic system cancer in their children. Male workers exposed to complex organic solvents and organic compounds showed a high risk of poor semen quality, increased time to pregnancy, decreased blood levels of reproductive hormones, and a high risk of lympho-hematopoietic system cancer in their children. Male workers employed in occupations that involved significant social contact, or in the leather and livestock industries, and in occupations with high levels of exposure to lead and organic solvents showed a high risk of malignancies, including lympho-hematopoietic system cancer, neuroblastoma, and central nervous system tumors in their children. Studies that investigated both male and female workers reported that children of male smelters showed a high risk of premature birth, and children of male workers exposed to metals showed a high risk of hypospadias and cryptorchidism. Children of male welders and workers employed in the glass, ceramic, and tile industries showed a high risk of premature birth. Conclusion: The findings of this study will serve as basic data for further research on male workers' reproductive health and provide a scientific basis for the development of strategies to protect the reproductive health of males employed in high-risk occupations. Moreover, the results of this study may provide guidelines to improve the understanding of and knowledge on male workers' reproductive health.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.147-159
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• 2000

The NIOSH health hazard evaluation program (HHE program) was created in response to the mandate to determine the toxic effect and potential health hazard of workplace exposure, which is found in Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, A primary benefit of HHE program is its ability to provide current health hazard data to employers and employees, which assists them in identifying solutions to occupational health and safety problems in their workplaces, The HHE program also stimulates research in the development and review of sampling methods and diagnostic tests and may prompt additional exposure assesment efforts and toxicological and epidemiological studies. HHE projects also provide human exposure-toxicity data that are used to asses the validity of existing occupational health standards and to support criteria for new standards of recommendation, The HHE request is classified into four categories: 1) category 1: As a administratively invalid, 2) category 2: These are valid requests for which a site visit is not essential to an appropriate response, 3) Category 3 : These are valid requests for which a site visit is necessary for an adequate evaluation, 4) These are valid request which present a complex problem or an opportunity for research, To carry out HHE program one or methods of investigation might be used: 1) direct observation and evaluation of production processes and employee work practices 2) employees exposure level and air contamination level 3) medical test or physical examinations of employees 4) private, confidential interviews with employees 5) review of employer's record of injuries and illness, employee exposure data, medical tests and job histories. After investigation and analysing the data, NIOSH issues a final report, giving finding and recommendation.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.62-73
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• 2013

Objectives: An outbreak of hepatitis A occurred at a residential facility for the disabled in July 10, 2011. This investigation was carried out to develop a response plan, and to find the infection source of the disease. Methods: A field epidemiologist investigated the symptoms, vaccination histories, living environments, and probable infection sources with 51 residents and 31 teachers and staff members. In July 25, 81 subjects were tested for the hepatitis A virus antibody, and specimens of the initial 3 cases and the last case were genetically tested. Results: Three cases occurred July 10 to 14, twelve cases August 3 to 9, and the last case on August 29. Among the teachers and staff, no one was IgM positive (on July 25). The base sequences of the initial 3 and of the last case were identical. The vehicle of the outbreak was believed to be a single person. The initial 3 patients were exposed at the same time and they might have disseminated the infection among the patients who developed symptoms in early August, and the last patient might have, in turn, been infected by the early August cases. Conclusions: The initial source of infection is not clear, but volunteers could freely come into contact with residents, and an infected volunteer might have been the common infection source of the initial patients. Volunteers' washing their hands only after their activity might be the cause of this outbreak. Although there may be other possible causes, it would be reasonable to ask volunteers to wash their hands both before and after their activities.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.102-108
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• 2012

2003년부터 2007년까지 서울지역 집단식중독 환자에 대하여 RT-PCR을 이용하여 노로바이러스를 검출하였으며, 총 4,685건 중 노로바이러스가 383건(8.2%)이 검출되었다. 식중독 발생 사례는 2003년부터 2007년까지 57사례가 발생하였다. 계절별 유행양상은 겨울철에 가장 많이 검출되었다. 섭취장소별 유행양상은 학교급식 중 위탁경영에 의한 발생이 32%로 나타났으며, 일반음식점에 의한 발생이 29%로 나타났다. 본 연구는 서울지역 노로바이러스성 식중독 관리를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2004

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing was applied to the epidemiological investigation of 21 Candida tropicalis isolates collected from urine specimens of 11 patients and one healthcare worker, in an intensive care unit (ICU) over a 4-month period. Seventeen epidemiologically unrelated strains from 14 patients were also tested to determine the discriminatory power of PFGE. PFGE typing consisted of electrophoretic karyotyping (EK) and restriction endonuclease analysis of genomic DNA (REAG), using two restriction enzymes (BssHII and SfiI). The EK pattern was the same in all 38 isolates, while REAG using SfiI separated the isolates into nine types. However, 16 different PFGE types were iden-tified by REAG with BssHII, and the same results were obtained when the results of both REAG tests were combined. In serial urinary isolates from 10 patients, all strains from each patient had the same PFGE pattern. While the epidemiologically unrelated strains from 14 patients consisted of 13 different PFGE types, the 20 isolates from the 11 ICU patients fell into only two PFGE types (types Cl and C2), and these apparently originated from the two different outbreaks. All strains of type Cl (n = 12) were isolated from six patients, between November 1999 and January 2000, and all of the type C2 strains (n=8) were isolated from five patients, during January and February 2000. This study shows two con-secutive clusters of C. tropicalis candiduria in an ICU, defined by PFGE typing, and also demonstrates that a PFGE typing method using BssHII is perhaps the most useful method for investigating C. tropi-calis candiduria.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2022

This study was performed to investigate infectious gastrointestinal diseases in 115 Korean cats (83 indoors and 32 outdoors) with digestive signs such as diarrhea, anorexia or abdominal distention. Detection of infectious pathogens was analyzed using real-time PCR. As a result, 85 of 115 Korean cats were detected with feline corona virus (FCoV), feline parvo virus, Group A rotavirus, Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens), Campylobacter coli (C. coli), Campylobacter jejuni, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Tritrichomonas foetus, Cyclospora cayetanensis, and Giardia lamblia. The most frequently detected pathogen was C. perfringens (52 cats, 61.2%), followed by FCoV (43 cats, 50.6%) and C. coli (16 cats, 18.8%). Also, single infection was the most common (43 cats), followed by double infection in 31 cats, triple infection in 7 cats, and quadruple infection in 4 cats. There was no significant relationship between pathogen detection and age, gender, living environment, weather, and diarrhea. However, there was a significant difference between the age group under 1 year and the age group 1~7 (P value<0.05). In this study, cats with suspected gastrointestinal infection were randomly evaluated, and other factors that could affect pathogen detection were insufficiently considered. For this reason, additional epidemiological investigations with a larger number of cats and sufficient consideration of the causes that may affect the results are needed. Nevertheless, it is thought that this study can also provide valuable information on gastrointestinal pathogens in Korean cats.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2015

An investigation was carried out to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolated from chicks and ducks. A total of 2,522 samples collected from 281 farms were examined from 2013 to 2014. The overall prevalence of Salmonella spp. was 21.7% (61/281) of farms and 83 isolates (3.3%) were isolated from 2,522 samples. Nine serotypes of Salmonella spp. were identified such as S. Typhimurium (19/83), S. Enteritidis (12/83), S. London (11/83), S. Senftenberg (8/83), S. Infantis (4/83), S. Montevideo (3/83), S. Hadar (3/83), S. Saintpaul (1/83), S. Rissen (1/83) and S. Arizonae (2/83). Nineteen isolates were found to be untypable serotypes. In the results of antimicrobial resistance test, all of isolates were resistant to at least two antimicrobial agent and the high resistance was found to nalidixic acid (66.3%), streptomycin (57.8%). All of isolates were susceptible to amoxacillin/clavulic acid, cefeprime, ampicillin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. This results indicated the serotypes of Salmonella isolates are widely distributed in chicks and ducks. Therefore further epidemiological studies should be carried out in breeder farm and a hatchery.