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Original Article
Respiratory syncytial virus-associated seizures in Korean children, 2011–2016
Teahyen Cha, Young Jin Choi, Jae-Won Oh, Chang-Ryul Kim, Dong Woo Park, In Joon Seol, Jin-Hwa Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2019;62(4):131-137.   Published online October 23, 2018

Purpose: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause various neurological complications. This study aimed to investigate the RSV-associated neurologic manifestations that present with seizures. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients aged less than 15 years with laboratory-confirmed RSV infections and seizures between January 2011 and December 2016 in a regional hospital in South Korea. Results: During this period, 1,193...
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
Detection and clinical manifestations of twelve respiratory viruses in hospitalized children with acute lower respiratory tract infections : Focus on human metapneumovirus, human rhinovirus and human coronavirus
Kum Hyang Kim, Jung Ho Lee, Dong Shin Sun, Dong Shin Sun, Young Jin Choi, Joon Soo Park, Chang Jin Kim, Dong Jun Jung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2008;51(8):834-341.   Published online August 15, 2008
Purpose : This study was perfomed to analyze in detail the viral etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) in Cheunan, Korea by multiplex RT-PCR, including human rhinovirus (hRV) and newly identified viruses such as human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and human coronavirus (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-229E/NL63). Method : Nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) were collected from 863 hospitalized children with ALRI on the first day...