Selected article for: "acute respiratory syndrome and health organization"

Author: Lee, Hye-Young; Oh, Mi-Na; Park, Yong-Shik; Chu, Chaeshin; Son, Tae-Jong
Title: Public Health Crisis Preparedness and Response in Korea
  • Document date: 2013_10_23
  • ID: 42b11fr8_1
    Snippet: The world has been exposed to various emerging infectious diseases in the 21 st century, starting with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), followed by avian influenza human infection, and the recent Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [1e3] . The influenza A (H1N1) virus has caused more than 18,400 deaths in 191 countries since its first confirmed case in the USA in April 2009. The world population with no immunity against the novel typ.....
    Document: The world has been exposed to various emerging infectious diseases in the 21 st century, starting with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), followed by avian influenza human infection, and the recent Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [1e3] . The influenza A (H1N1) virus has caused more than 18,400 deaths in 191 countries since its first confirmed case in the USA in April 2009. The world population with no immunity against the novel type of influenza A (H1N1) has led to an influenza pandemic. Korea reported the first suspected case of influenza A (H1N1) on April 28, 2009 and then it spread into communities resulting in 261 deaths with 3.58 million treated with antiviral medication, approximately 7% of the Korean population. The Korean government executed intense fortification of entry quarantine to prevent influx of infected persons since the declaration of influenza pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 24, 2009. The national public health crisis phases escalated from "Attention", to "Caution", to "Alert", and up to "Severe". The surveillance, treatment, vaccination, and risk communication were performed by the phase (Table 1) .

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