Localized chilling of crowns promotes floral bud differentiation in strawberry transplants in a closed transplant production system.

A stable supply of transplants with floral buds is required to improve the initial yield of the June-bearing cultivars of strawberry ( ×  Duch.). A closed transplant production system (CTPS) enables year-round production to meet the demands for the year-round production of strawberries in plant factories.

Measles susceptibility of marriage migrant women in Korea.

International migrants could be considered a risk group susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases. We conducted a measles seroprevalence study among 419 marriage migrant women living in Sinan-gun and Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province, located in the southwestern part of Korea. The overall seroimmunity was 92.

Genome Sequencing Analysis of Atypical Isolated in Korea.

Objectives: An atypical strain with a plural agglutination pattern [i.e., reacting not only with serum samples containing type antigen II but also with serum samples containing group antigens (3)4 and 7(8)] was selected for genome sequencing, with the aim of obtaining additional comparative information about such strains.

Surveillance of Isolates in Korea from 2012 to 2014.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and toxin production characteristics of non-emetic and emetic strains isolated via the laboratory surveillance system in Korea.

Methods: A total of 667 strains were collected by the Korea National Research Institute of Health laboratory surveillance system from 2012 to 2014. The collected strains were analyzed by geographical region, season, patient age, and patient sex.

Enteric Bacteria Isolated from Diarrheal Patients in Korea in 2014.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterize the pathogens responsible for causing diarrhea according to season, region of isolation, patient age, and sex as well as to provide useful data for the prevention of diarrheal disease.

Methods: Stool specimens from 14,886 patients with diarrhea were collected to identify pathogenic bacteria from January 2014 to December 2014 in Korea. A total of 3,526 pathogenic bacteria were isolated and analyzed according to season, region of isolation, and the age and sex of the patient.