(KIR) gene in children with Bacille Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis Hyo Jin Kwon, MD; Seong Joon Kim, MD; Jong-Hyun Kim, MD, PhD; HeeBaeg Choi; Tai-Gyu Kim, MD, PhD; Dae Kyun Koh, MD, PhD; Jin Han Kang, MD, PhD; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seo...

transplantation in Korean children under relatively short-term acyclovir prophylaxis Seung Beom Han, MD; Jae Wook Lee, MD, PhD; Dong-Gun Lee, MD, PhD; NackGyun Chung, MD, PhD; Bin Cho, MD, PhD; Dae Chul Jeong, MD, PhD; Jin Han Kang, MD, PhD; Hack-Ki Kim, MD, PhD; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea; Division of Infectious Diseases,...

Changing patterns of the reemerging Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during the period 1993 to 2005 are briefly analyzed with emphasis on the control measures used and the effects of meteorological and entomological factors. Data were obtained from the Communicable Diseases Monthly Reports published by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and webpa...

OBJECTIVE The purposes of this paper are to describe the unique aspects of the nutrition transition in South Korea, including trends in food consumption and obesity, patterns of morbidity and mortality; to focus on efforts to maintain the traditional diet in the midst of rapid economic growth and the introduction of Western culture; and to provide insights for other countries. DESIGN We analy...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to observe the factors that influence the development of national identity of North Korean refugees who have resettled in South Korea. METHODS The study population was comprised of 500 North Korean refugees who immigrated to South Korea in 2007. The variables measured national identity as South Korean, a scale for discrimination perceived during daily life, a social ...

The annual suicide rate in South Korea is the highest among the developed countries. Paraquat is a highly lethal herbicide, commonly used in South Korea as a means for suicide. We have studied the effect of the 2011 paraquat prohibition on the national suicide rate and method of suicide in South Korea. We obtained the monthly suicide rate from 2005 to 2013 in South Korea. In our analyses, we ad...

Tissue samples from 699 birds from three regions of Asia (Myanmar, India, and South Korea) were screened for evidence of infection by avian parasites in the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus. Samples were collected from November 1994 to October 2004. We identified 241 infected birds (34.0%). Base-on-sequence data for the cytochrome b gene from 221 positive samples, 34 distinct lineages of Plas...

Many countries define policies to manage oceans and coastal areas in order to utilize marine ecosystems strategically. When we reviewed the strategies and policies of various countries in relation to ocean sustainability, we found that biodiversity preservation is a key issue for policies related to sustainable marine development. We investigated the research trends and collaboration status of ...

Malaria had been eradicated in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) by the late 1970s. In 1993, a soldier was infected with Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; the border area between North and South Korea), and since then, the number of cases has been steadily increasing year after year. In 1998, 3,932 vivax malaria cases were microscopically confirmed, affecting 2,784 (70....

the goal of this study was to survey the natural vegetation on waste landfills and suggest arestoration plan. in the study, i identified 63 families, 275 species, and 34 varieties of aboveground vascular flora. robinia pseudo-acacia was the dominant tree, with a basal area density of 1.51¡3/ha, followed in decreasing order by salix koreensis and populus sieboldii. twinspan resulted in the class...