TBE in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon Young Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Human Case ◽  
Encephalitis Virus ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus

Although no human case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has been documented in South Korea to date, surveillance studies have been conducted to evaluate the prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in wild ticks.

scholarly journals Engineering care in pandemic technogovernance: The politics of care in China and South Korea’s COVID-19 tracking apps

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110207
Author(s):  
Youngrim Kim ◽  
Yuchen Chen ◽  
Fan Liang
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Ideological Dimension ◽  
And Control

This article critically examines South Korea and China’s COVID-19 tracking apps by bridging surveillance studies with feminist technoscience’s understanding of the “politics of care”. Conducting critical readings of the apps and textual analysis of discursive materials, we demonstrate how the ideological, relational, and material practices of the apps strategically deployed “care” to normalize a particular form of pandemic technogovernance in these two countries. In the ideological dimension, media and state discourse utilized a combination of vilifying and nationalist rhetoric that framed one’s acquiescence to surveillance as a demonstration of national belonging. Meanwhile, the apps also performed ambivalent roles in facilitating essential care services and mobilizing self-tracking activities, which contributed to the manufacturing of pseudonormality in these societies. In the end, we argue that the Chinese and South Korean governments managed to frame their aggressive surveillance infrastructure during COVID-19 as a form of paternalistic care by finessing the blurred boundaries between care and control.

scholarly journals Presence of Chromosomal crpP-like Genes Is Not Always Associated with Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates Recovered in ICU Patients from Portugal and Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 388
Author(s):  
Marta Hernández-García ◽  
María García-Castillo ◽  
Sergio García-Fernández ◽  
Diego López-Mendoza ◽  
Jazmín Díaz-Regañón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Protein Function ◽  
Resistance Mechanism ◽  
Amino Acid Position ◽  
Genomic Islands ◽  
Missense Mutations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
Ciprofloxacin Resistance ◽  
Chromosomal Mutations

CrpP enzymes have been recently described as a novel ciprofloxacin-resistance mechanism. We investigated by whole genome sequencing the presence of crpP-genes and other mechanisms involved in quinolone resistance in MDR/XDR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates (n = 55) with both ceftolozane-tazobactam susceptible or resistant profiles recovered from intensive care unit patients during the STEP (Portugal) and SUPERIOR (Spain) surveillance studies. Ciprofloxacin resistance was associated with mutations in the gyrA and parC genes. Additionally, plasmid-mediated genes (qnrS2 and aac(6′)-Ib-cr) were eventually detected. Ten chromosomal crpP-like genes contained in related pathogenicity genomic islands and 6 different CrpP (CrpP1-CrpP6) proteins were found in 65% (36/55) of the isolates. Dissemination of CrpP variants was observed among non-related clones of both countries, including the CC175 (Spain) high-risk clone and CC348 (Portugal) clone. Interestingly, 5 of 6 variants (CrpP1-CrpP5) carried missense mutations in an amino acid position (Gly7) previously defined as essential conferring ciprofloxacin resistance, and decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility was only associated with the novel CrpP6 protein. In our collection, ciprofloxacin resistance was mainly due to chromosomal mutations in the gyrA and parC genes. However, crpP genes carrying mutations essential for protein function (G7, I26) and associated with a restored ciprofloxacin susceptibility were predominant. Despite the presence of crpP genes is not always associated with ciprofloxacin resistance, the risk of emergence of novel CrpP variants with a higher ability to affect quinolones is increasing. Furthermore, the spread of crpP genes in highly mobilizable genomic islands among related and non-related P. aeruginosa clones alert the dispersion of MDR pathogens in hospital settings.

Book Review: Feminist Surveillance Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-179
Author(s):  
Harriette Richards
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance Studies

Delayed Onset of Neuropsychiatric Effects Associated with Montelukast

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fintan Byrne ◽  
Bolarinwa Oluwole ◽  
Vanessa Whyte ◽  
Sabina Fahy ◽  
Delia McGuinness
Keyword(s):  
Complete Resolution ◽  
Clinical Trial Data ◽  
Trial Data ◽  
Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
Delayed Onset ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Post Marketing ◽  
Leukotriene Receptor ◽  
Psychological Trigger

AbstractMontelukast (a leukotriene receptor antagonist) is a commonly prescribed medication used in the management of asthma in both children and adults. It has been associated with a possible increased risk of various neuropsychiatric events in post-marketing analyses of clinical trial data and surveillance studies. When establishing a link between a medication and side effects, it is usual to establish and enquire whether there is a chronological relationship between the commencement of the medication and the onset of the symptoms.We report a case where a number of unusual neuropsychiatric events were reported several years after commencement of montelukast in a young boy who may have a genetic predisposition and a likely psychological trigger. There was complete resolution of these symptoms upon the withdrawal of montelukast.

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