id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-319651-u7yrcto7 Jung, Kyung Sook Risk of Water and Food-Borne Communicable Diseases in Travelers Entering Korea 2019-08-17 .txt text/plain 787 56 53 OBJECTIVES: It was supposed to analyze status and affecting factors in water and food-borne communicable disease by screening entrants with diarrhea symptom at the point of entry in Korea METHODS: Symptomatic travelers with water and food-borne communicable diseases who entered Korea were diagnosed by a health declaration and detection of causative agents in water and food using laboratory tests. The rate of detection of causative agents of communicable disease pathogens in travelers from Southeast Asia entering Korea was 70.2%, which was higher than people arriving from East Asia and Central Asia (57.5%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The positive ratio of causative agents of water and food-borne communicable diseases was high among travelers that had entered Korea from July to September, with a high number among entrants from Southeast Asia. Using data from the quarantine information system in KCDC, this study surveyed the health status of travelers entered Korea who were quarantined during 2013 to 2017 because they had symptoms of communicable disease. ./cache/cord-319651-u7yrcto7.txt ./txt/cord-319651-u7yrcto7.txt