PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.15 No.1, January 06, 2022 Article TypeCOVID-19 Special ReportEpidemiology and SurveillanceNoncommunicable Disease Statistics

• COVID-19 Special Report 2022-01-06

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  Isolation of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

  Jeong-Min Kim, Dongju Kim, Jee Eun Rhee, Eun-Jin Kim

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(1): 2-4

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• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2022-01-06

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  Analysis of the 3rd quality assessment on tuberculosis care in the Republic of Korea

  Jinsun Kim, Hyewon Lee, HyeKyung In, Youmi Kim

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(1): 10-28

  

  

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  To reduce the gap in the quality of tuberculosis (TB) care among hospitals and to raise the quality of TB care to a certain level, a quality assessment on TB care was conducted. It was the 1st quality assessment since 2018 and the 3rd quality assessment in 2020.
  This article looked at the differences between medical institutions, TB management (Private-Public Mix [PPM]/Non-PPM), major regional outcomes, and previous assessments. The analysis data utilized the 3rd quality assessment of 2020 with seven evaluation indexes (performance rate of acid-fast bacilli smear, performance rate of acid-fast bacilli culture, performance rate of M. tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction, performance rate of culture-based drug-susceptibility testing, compliance rate of standard treatment regimens, rate of visiting institution of TB patient, daily rate of TB prescription).
  Since the 1st quality assessment in 2018, the indicator results of the 3rd quality assessment in 2020 improved. Looking at each type of medical institution, the highest performance rate (97.1%) of acid-fast bacilli smear and compliance rate of standard treatment regimens and the lowest performance rate (84.8%) of culture-based drug-susceptibility testing among the seven evaluation indexes were found. The PPM agencies showed higher results in six indicators (performance rate of acid-fast bacilli smear, performance rate of acid-fast bacilli culture, performance rate of M. tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction, performance rate of culture-based drug-susceptibility testing, rate of visiting institution of TB patient, daily rate of TB prescription) compared to the Non-PPM agencies.
  The results of this TB quality assessment will be used as basic data to improve and promote TB treatment quality and to establish a national TB management policy.

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2022-01-06

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  Case report tuberculosis contact investigation in a ship

  Eunyoung Kim, Eunjung Lee, Yeonjung Kim

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(1): 29-36

  

  

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  Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by tuberculosis bacteria. Contacts who live and work in the same space with a TB patient are advised to paricipate in a TB epidemiological survey because the TB risk is five times higher than among the general population. This report examined one TB contact investigation case. In May 2020, a ship crew member contracted TB, and a contact survey was conducted on all 14 members of the ship. One additional patient out of 14 were surveyed for contact, and 14 (100%) were diagnosed with latent TB infection. In addition, the genotypes of indicator patients and additional patients were consistent through a TB balance genotype test, proving an epidemiological association. This report confirmed that the risk of TB transmission was higher among people who live and work in the same space.
  Therefore, it is very important to detect and treat additional TB patients and latent TB infections through rapid epidemiological investigations to block the spread of TB and prevent TB.

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2022-01-06

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  Toxoplasmosis Sentinel Surveillance in the Republic of Korea, 2011-2020

  Younghwa Kim, Hyesu Kan, Seung-Hwan Shin, Nari Shin, Geun-Yong Kwon

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(1): 37-44

  

  

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  From 2011 to 2020, the status and main characteristics of sentinel surveillance for patients with toxoplasmosis, as reported to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), were analyzed.
  Findings indicated that across 10 years (2011-2020), a total of 89 cases of toxoplasmosis were reported. Further analysis revealed that the routes of infection were 84 (94.4%) domestic outbreak cases, 4 (4.5%) imported cases, and 1 (1.1%) indistinguishable case. In terms of the gender and age of those suspected of having congenital infections, there were 53 male cases (59.6%), and 19 cases (21.3%) were 40-49 years old, 18 cases (20.2%) were 50-59 years old, and 6 cases (6.7%) were under 1 year of age. Among the domestic outbreak cases, 44 cases (52.4%) were reported in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon areas and 23 cases (27.4%) were reported in the Gyeongbuk area.
  Considering the transmission route of toxoplasmosis, this study found it necessary to consider the indigenous possibility of Korea. Therefore, in addition to sentinel surveillance cases, this study attempted to complement the toxoplasmosis patient management system through subsequent studies that deeply analyze clinical epidemiologic characteristics based on cases diagnosed as toxoplasmosis.

• Noncommunicable Disease Statistics 2022-01-06

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  Trends in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 2008-2020

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(1): 45-46

  

  

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