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KMID : 1143420160090340666
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Public Health Weekly Report
2016 Volume.9 No. 34 p.666 ~ p.671
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The Introduction of Disease Genomic Database for Clinical Practice
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Jo Su-Kyoung
Chun Jeong-Hoon
Yu Jae-Yon
Rhie Gi-Eun
Yoon Hyun-Kyu
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Abstract
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Following bioterrorism using the mail containing anthrax spores in the USA in October 2001, the importance of guarding against this threat increased day by day. Bioterrorism agents may come in the form of bacteria, virus, and fungi. The toxic effects of these pathogenic microgarnisms can cause serious social and economic losses. In addition, as bioterrorism pathogens are easy to develop compared to other weapons of mass destruction, preparedness is absolutely necessary.
Bioterrorism is hard to detect in the early stage since symptoms appear much later after infection and it is not easy to distinguish that diseases are caused by bioterror or natural infection. Because of this, it is very important to detect and confirm the pathogen in the early stage to adopt preventive measures and treat exposed patients rapidly. Recently, a molecular biological test, which is able to quickly detect various causes of bioterrorism, has been developed and commercialized. This text introduces the various equipments to properly detect bioterrorism infection on site.
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