An Urgent Need for Global Preparedness against the Reemergence of "Forgotten" Infectious Diseases in Korea

Can you imagine deaths from liver failure after a hepatitis A viral (HAV) infection? Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis long after contracting measles? Infertility or subfertility from mumps? Varicella even after vaccinated for it, increasing zoster in all ages? These ailments are rare but well-kno...

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Published inJournal of Korean medical science Vol. 33; no. 17; p. e125
Main Authors Kim, Jung Heon, Bae, Wonjun, Kim, Jiyeon, Hwang, Eung Soo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 23.04.2018
대한의학회
Subjects
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases - diagnosis
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Hepatitis A - diagnosis
Hepatitis A - epidemiology
Humans
Immunization Programs
Mumps - diagnosis
Mumps - epidemiology
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Scarlet Fever - diagnosis
Scarlet Fever - epidemiology
의학일반
Republic of Korea
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Summary:Can you imagine deaths from liver failure after a hepatitis A viral (HAV) infection? Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis long after contracting measles? Infertility or subfertility from mumps? Varicella even after vaccinated for it, increasing zoster in all ages? These ailments are rare but well-known complications of each corresponding infectious disease, but they were hardly observed since the last decade because of the effective disease control with upgraded hygiene, well-programmed vaccination and antibiotics usage. (Fig. 1) KCI Citation Count: 0
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ISSN:1011-8934
1598-6357
DOI:10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e125