• 대한수의학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2005

African swine fever (ASF) is an infectious disease of domestic and wild pigs for which there is no vaccine in the world. A proper surveillance of viral activity and a timely response to ASF outbreaks depend upon the rapid diagnosis of ASF viral infection. Internationally prescribed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a fast, sensitive test routinely used in the diagnosis of the ASF. However, inactivated whole ASF virus antigen used in this test is a tedious to prepare and has a risk of outside exposure of infectious virus by laboratory accident during the preparation. An ASF virus noninfectious recombinant antigen is a safe and easily produced alternative antigen for use in diagnostic assay. We have cloned the ORF O61R gene of the ASF virus to generate a recombinant baculovirus producing the p12 protein in insect cells under control of the polyhedrin promoter as non-fusion protein. When used in an indirect ELISA, the p12 antigen showed reactivity with all known ASF positive pig sera but not with negative pig sera. Our results indicated that the p12 protein would be one of alternative antigens for diagnosis of the ASF.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2022

Background: There are regional variations in the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which means that some regions are more exposed to the risk of COVID-19 than others. Therefore, this study aims to investigate regional variations in the incidence of COVID-19 in Korea and identify risk factors associated with the incidence of COVID-19 using community-level data. Methods: This study was conducted at the districts (si·gun·gu) level in Korea. Data of COVID-19 incidence by districts were collected from the official website of each province. Data was also obtained from the Korean Statistical Information Service and the Community Health Survey; socio-demographic factor, transmission pathway, healthcare resource, and factor in response to COVID-19. Community risk factors that drive the incidence of COVID-19 were selected using a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression. Results: As of June 2021, the incidence of COVID-19 differed by more than 80 times between districts. Among the candidate factors, sex ratio, population aged 20-29, local financial independence, population density, diabetes prevalence, and failure to comply with the quarantine rules were significantly associated with COVID-19 incidence. Conclusion: This study suggests setting COVID-19 quarantine policy and allocating resources, considering the community risk factors. Protecting vulnerable groups should be a high priority for these policies.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.108-131
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• 2021

The increase of international trade across countries and borders results in increased risks associated with the inflow of new pests and diseases. These risks are likely to be increased more rapidly due to climate change. Some countries implement strict regulations on imports to prevent these risks and protect biosecurity, food safety, and public health. However, the problems arise when the diseases and pests are found in a country where their economic structure largely depends on agricultural exports and cause ripple effects on other industries and ecosystems. Therefore, establishing an effective quarantine system is essential to protect and recover from the damage caused by non-native diseases and pests. This study's objectives are 1) analyzing the agricultural policies relate to the quarantine system on diseases and pests in Korea, 2) evaluating the Korea plant quarantine system's value, and 3) simulating plant quarantine policy strategies. We estimated the Korean quarantine system's benefits on diseases and pests to reach these objectives. The benefits are measured with a willingness to pay from respondents surveyed by the contingent valuation method (CVM). The CVM approach directly asks people how much they would willingly pay for food security. Finally, the Korean quarantine system's values are simulated with several policy scenarios and different scales of infection at the regional level. The results of this study can deliver policy implications on the quarantine system innovation in developing countries including Asia.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.369-375
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• 2022

이른바 코로나19 대유행으로 철도서비스 경영 역시 유례없는 상황을 맞이하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 코로나19 유행기간 동안 고속철도를 이용한 고객을 대상으로 설문조사를 진행하여 감염병이 철도서비스 고객경험에 미치는 영향을 탐색하였다. 연구결과, 철도운영기관이 제공하는 방역관련 서비스에 대해 고객이 높은 수준으로 지각할수록 고객만족도와 충성도가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 고객 별로 코로나19에 대해 위험하게 생각하는 수준에 개인차가 있기 때문에, 고객의 코로나19 위험지각의 조절역할도 실증하였다. 그 결과, 코로나19에 대한 고객의 위험지각이 적정한 수준일 때에는 서비스 기관의 방역관련 서비스 속성이 고객만족 형성에 큰 영향을 미치지만, 고객의 위험지각수준이 상당히 높은 경우에는 그 영향력은 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 결국 감염병에 대한 위험이 완벽히 소멸되는 것만이 서비스 산업의 완벽한 회복을 가져다줄 것이다. 그럼에도 감염병 유행기간에는 서비스 운영기관이 방역활동을 철저히 하고, 고객에게 이에 대해 충실히 커뮤니케이션 하는 것이 주요한 서비스 속성이 된다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2011

This study's objective was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pigs and their farm environments in Korea, and to investigate the relationship between the strains based on their phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. A total of 36 Salmonella spp. were isolated in this study: 18 isolates from 492 pigs (3.7%) and 18 isolates from 418 (4.3%) farmhouse environmental samples from 16 different pig farms. Of the Salmonella strains isolated from the numerous environmental samples, the highest prevalence was observed in slurry or manure, followed by partitions, farmer's hands, floors, water/nipples, ventilation sources, and feed, respectively. All the Salmonella isolates originating from different farms were genetically distinct. In three farms, however, identical phage types and pulse-field gel electrophoresis patterns were observed among Salmonella isolates from pig feces and environmental samples. This study suggests that environments contaminated with Salmonella could pose an infection risk to pigs on pig farms.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2021

In virucidal efficacy testing, the chemical inactivation cannot be determined for all viruses due to the difficulties or the inability to culture sufficiently or the risk of exposure to the viruses. Therefore, disinfectants against these viruses could be evaluated by different methods and surrogate viruses are used as alternative. In this study we developed a method for efficacy testing of veterinary disinfectants using one of the candidate surrogate viruses, bacteriophage MS2, as part of the research on the selection of surrogate viruses for efficiency of efficacy testing of veterinary disinfectants. This method is based on the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) guidelines for efficacy testing of veterinary disinfectants. Bacteriophage and disinfectant are reacted in suspension in accordance with the APQA guidelines and then a newly established double agar layer method is applied for the efficacy test. The double agar layer method is summarized as follows: 1) The bottom agar with 1.5% agar is boiled and cooled before poured into petri dishes at volume of 20 mL, and dried under biological safety cabinet. 2) The top agar with 0.7% agar is boiled and kept at 50℃ before E. coli culture was seeded. 3) The serially diluted bacteriophage MS2-disinfectant mixtures 0.05 mL and E. coli host 0.01 mL (OD₆₀₀ 0.2~0.3) are mixed with 5 mL of top agar and incubate them at 50℃ for 5 min for reaction. 4) The resulting mixture is poured over top of a bottom agar plate and rocked sufficiently to ensure that the top agar covers the entire surface of the bottom agar. 5) The double agar layer is then placed under biological safety cabinet to allow the agar layer to solidify and subsequently incubated at 37℃ for 24 hr. 6) Following incubation, the plates may be inspected for plaques and record results.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2012

This paper describes the epidemiological characteristics of bovine brucellosis in Korea during January 2000~September 2004, which encompasses the period when the incidence of bovine brucellosis increased abruptly. Data from the National Animal Infectious Disease Data Management System were used for this study. A range of epidemiological measures was calculated including annual herd and animal incidence. During the study period, there were 1,183 outbreaks on 638 farms. In beef cattle, annual herd incidence increased from 0.2 (2000) to 11.5 (2004, to September) outbreaks per 10,000 and annual animal incidence varied between 3.4 (2000) and 105.8 (2004, to September) per 100,000, respectively. On 401 (62.9%) infected farms during this period, infection was eradicated without recurrence. Recurrence of infection was significantly higher on farms where abortion was reported (53.3%), compared to farms where it was not (30.0%). On beef cattle farms, infection was introduced most frequently through purchased cattle (46.2%). Based on the results of this study, the establishment and spread of brucellosis in the Korean beef cattle population were mainly due to incomplete or inappropriate treatment of aborted materials and the movement of infected cattle.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.295-297
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• 2012

2012년 1월 31일 농림수산검역검사본부 영남지역본부 부산신항사무소에서 미국산 오렌지 생과실 화물을 검사하는 과정에서 Navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker)이 검출되었다. 이 해충의 유충이 간혹 호두 과실 속에서 검출된 예가 알려져 있지만, 오렌지 생과실 속에서 검출된 경우는 처음이다. 여기서는 식물검역의 안전성을 보장할 목적으로 이 유충의 진단형질 및 미국산 오렌지 생과실에 대한 병해충수입 위험분석과 관련된 검출정보를 제공하고자 한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.315-318
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• 2012

2010년초 국내 구제역 발생에서 사슴에서 구제역 A형 감염 사례를 확인하였다. 2002년 O형 구제역이 돼지에서 발생된 이후에 8년만인 2010년 1월에 처음 소에서 A형 구제역이 발생된 이후 6농가에서 발생하였고, 같은 해 3월 발생농가 주변 이동제한 해제를 위한 사슴 항체검사에서 2마리의 사슴에서 구제역 항체양성을 확인하였다. 추가적으로 동일농장에 사육중인 12두에 대한 추가 검사에서 구제역바이러스는 검출되지 않았으며, 비교적 높은 구제역A형에 대한 중화항체가 검출되었다. 그 이후 구제역 A형에 대한 추가 발생은 없었다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2018

We assessed the seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) in cattle on Ulleung Island, Korea in a population-based follow up study for 4 years and determined the spatial distribution and risk factors associated with C. burnetii. The seroprevalence of C. burnetii was determined to be 1.4-2.0% during 2011-2014. Overall, nine cattle from three farms that tested seropositive showed C. burnetii antibody seroconversions between 2011 and 2014. The number of seropositive cattle was low, suggesting that movement of and contact between animals was possible risk factors for the transmission of C. burnetii.