서울지역 급성호흡기 환자들로부터 분리한 인플루엔자 바이러스의 유행양상 (2010-2012)

• 영문명: Epidemiological Characterization of Influenza Viruses detected from Acute Respiratory Patients in Seoul during 2010-2012
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 함희진(Heejin Ham) 장정임(Jungim Jang) 최성선(Sungsun Choi) 오세아(Seah Oh) 조석주(Sukju Jo) 최성민(Sungmin Choi) 박선일(Sonil Pak)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국환경보건학회지』제39권 제3호, 230~238쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.06.30

영문 초록

Objectives: For our survey of the incidence of influenza viruses among respiratory viral infections in Seoul, we evaluated their prevalence among infectious acute respiratory viral patients in Seoul from 2010 to 2012 through regular surveillance. Methods: For influenza virus detection, we conducted real-time PCR analyses on 2,544 throat specimens collected from patients with respiratory viral infections in Seoul between 2010 and 2012. They were collected and then tested for the presence of influenza viruses through reverse transcription (RT) - polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: 19.1% (486/2,544) of the throat specimens were determined to be positive for influenza viruses. The incidences of influenza viral infection in the case of respiratory viral infections through regular surveillance in Seoul were 23.0% (212/923) in 2010, 6.4% (47/738) in 2011, and 25.7% (227/883) in 2012, and 10.8% (275/2,544) of type A, and 8.3% (211/2,544) type B influenza viruses. In addition, the greatest prevalence was in the 20-49 age group (51.6% ), which shows that influenza viruses constituted a major causative agent of acute respiratory viral infections. Conclusions: The distributions of influenza viruses and the epidemiologic patterns of the viral pathogen in acute respiratory viral infectious patients may provide potentially effective data for epidemiological studies in Seoul, Korea.

키워드

Influenza viruses subtype A (H1N1) subtype A (H3N2) type B RT-PCR