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Volume 31, Number 8—August 2025

Online Report

Optimal Timing for Expanding Diagnostic Laboratories, South Korea

Jae-Sun Park, Gab Jung Kim, and Sang Won LeeComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea

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Epidemiologic curve of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases and tests in South Korea during May–July 2015. A) Epidemiologic curve according to date of MERS symptom onset in patients, adapted from KDCA report (4). B) Number of daily tests for MERS, adapted from Ministry of Health and Welfare white paper (5). Gray arrows indicate expansion dates of new testing facilities. Red line with numbers indicates newly positive laboratory results. KDCA, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; lab, laboratory; RIHE, Research Institute of Health and Environment.

Figure 1. Epidemiologic curve of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases and tests in South Korea during May–July 2015. A) Epidemiologic curve according to date of MERS symptom onset in patients, adapted from KDCA report (4). B) Number of daily tests for MERS, adapted from Ministry of Health and Welfare white paper (5). Gray arrows indicate expansion dates of new testing facilities. Red line with numbers indicates newly positive laboratory results. KDCA, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; lab, laboratory; RIHE, Research Institute of Health and Environment.

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