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Review Article
Enterovirus infection in Korean children and anti-enteroviral potential candidate agents
Kwi Sung Park, Young Jin Choi, Joon Soo Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(10):359-366.   Published online October 29, 2012

Although most enterovirus infections are not serious enough to be life threatening, several enteroviruses such as enterovirus 71 are responsible for severe, potentially life-threatening disease. The epidemic patterns of enteroviruses occur regularly during the year, but they may change due to environmental shifts induced by climate change due to global warming. Therefore, enterovirus epidemiological studies should be performed continuously as...

Original Article
Clinical significance of codetection of the causative agents for acute respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children
Eui Jung Roh, Young Pyo Chang, Jae Kyung Kim, In Soo Rheem, Kwi Sung Park, Eun Hee Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(6):661-666.   Published online June 15, 2009
Purpose : To determine the prevalence and clinical features of codetected respiratory etiological agents for acute respiratory infection in hospitalized children. Methods : Nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained from hospitalized children with acute respiratory infection at Dankook University Hospital from September 2003 through June 2005. Immunofluorescent staining and culture were used for the detection of respiratory viruses (influenza virus [IFV] types...
Cause of enteroviral infection in children in chungnam area summer, 2005
Se Yun Jeon, Suk Joo Choi, Yong Bae Kim, Hae Seon Nam, Kwi Sung Park, Kyung Ah Baek, Joon Soo Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2006;49(11):1186-1193.   Published online November 15, 2006
Purpose : Enterovirus infection is a type of viral infection that occurs relatively frequently in children during summer. It has clinical symptoms of non-specific fever, aseptic encephalomeningitis, gastrointestinal diseases, skin rash and, hand-foot-mouth disease. However, it can also occcaisionally, result in fatal symptoms like myocarditis, epicardial inflammation, transverse myelitis, quadriplegia and etc. There have been epidemic enterovirus studies, but not...