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Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis
The Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) set up the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis (KIT) in 1970 to foster research and technical activities pertaining to tuberculosis (TB). The KNTA/KIT had successfully conducted a countrywide TB prevalence survey from 1965 to 1995 at 5-year intervals....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4301635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.10.007 |
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description | The Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) set up the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis (KIT) in 1970 to foster research and technical activities pertaining to tuberculosis (TB). The KNTA/KIT had successfully conducted a countrywide TB prevalence survey from 1965 to 1995 at 5-year intervals. The survey results (decline in TB rates) established Korea as a country that had successfully implemented national control programs for TB. The KIT developed the Korea Tuberculosis Surveillance System and the Laboratory Management Information System, both of which were transferred to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after its establishment. The KIT functions as a central and supranational reference TB laboratory for microbiological and epidemiological research and provides training and education for health-care workers and medical practitioners. Recently, the KIT has expanded its activities to countries such as Ethiopia, Laos, and Timor-Leste to support TB control and prevention. The KIT will continue to support research activities and provide technical assistance in diagnosing the infection until it is completely eliminated in Korea. |
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spelling | pubmed-43016352015-04-08 Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis Ryoo, Sungweon Kim, Hee Jin Osong Public Health Res Perspect Brief Report The Korean National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) set up the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis (KIT) in 1970 to foster research and technical activities pertaining to tuberculosis (TB). The KNTA/KIT had successfully conducted a countrywide TB prevalence survey from 1965 to 1995 at 5-year intervals. The survey results (decline in TB rates) established Korea as a country that had successfully implemented national control programs for TB. The KIT developed the Korea Tuberculosis Surveillance System and the Laboratory Management Information System, both of which were transferred to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after its establishment. The KIT functions as a central and supranational reference TB laboratory for microbiological and epidemiological research and provides training and education for health-care workers and medical practitioners. Recently, the KIT has expanded its activities to countries such as Ethiopia, Laos, and Timor-Leste to support TB control and prevention. The KIT will continue to support research activities and provide technical assistance in diagnosing the infection until it is completely eliminated in Korea. 2014-11-03 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4301635/ /pubmed/25861580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.10.007 Text en © 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Ryoo, Sungweon Kim, Hee Jin Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title | Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title_full | Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title_fullStr | Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title_short | Activities of the Korean Institute of Tuberculosis |
title_sort | activities of the korean institute of tuberculosis |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4301635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.10.007 |
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