감염병 확산 모니터링을 위한 WBE와 지리정보시스템 활용방안 연구 = A Study on the use of WBE and Geographic Information System to Monitor the Spread of Infectious Diseases

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

WBE(wastewater-based epidemiology), which is not yet well known in Korea, is a technique to determine the health status or living environment of a group through sewage discharged by urban residents. Overseas, this technique is being used to detect illegal drugs, antidepressants, nicotine consumption, etc., and recently, with the Corona 19 era, interest and research in WBE has gradually increased in the field of detecting infectious diseases. Therefore, this study proposed a plan to establish a national or local infectious disease monitoring system linking sewage-based dynamics and geographic information system (GIS). Such a monitoring system can be useful data for establishing a customized quarantine system by identifying the virus spread path by region and time and intensively identifying the area and time zone where confirmed patients occur in anticipation of future spread paths. In addition, it is expected that dashboard that visualize the spread of infectious viruses in real-time will be released to the public and used for preemptive and voluntary quarantine through an early warning system.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

국내에는 아직까지 잘 알려지지 않은 하수기반역학(wastewater-based epidemiology, WBE)은 도시민들이 배출하는 하수를 통해 그 집단의 건강 상태 또는 생활환경 등을 파악하는 기법이다. 해외에서는 이 기법은 불법 마약, 항우울제, 니코틴 소비량 등을 검출하는 데 사용되고 있으며, 최근 COVID-19 시기에 들어서자 WBE가 점차 감염성 질병 검출 분야로 관심과 연구가 늘어나고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 하수기반역학과 지리정보시스템(geographic information system, GIS)을 연계한 전국단위 또는 지자체의 감염병 모니터링 시스템 구축 방안을 제시하였다. 이러한 모니터링 시스템은 지역별·시간별 바이러스 확산 경로 파악 및 향후 확산 경로를 예상하고 집중적으로 확진자가 발생하는 지역 및 시간대를 파악하여 이에 따른 맞춤형 방역 체계를 구축하는 데에 유용한 데이터가 될 수 있다고 판단된다. 또한 실시간 감염성 바이러스 확산 정도를 가시화한 대시보드를 대중들에게 공개하고 조기경보시스템을 통해 선제적이고 자발적인 방역에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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