Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 55 No. 1, P. 1-36, 2002

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Reviews
Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin, VacA
     Toshiya Hirayama, Akihiro Wada, Kinnosuke Yahiro,
     Miyuki Kimura and Takahiro Kimura
     pages 1-5 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Herpesvirus Infections of the Central Nervous System
     Hiroshi Shoji, Kyoko Wakasugi, Yumiko Miura, 
     Toshihiro Imaizumi and Yukumasa Kazuyama
     pages 6-13 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Original Article
Prevalence of Escherichia coli Possessing the eaeA Gene of
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) or the aggR Gene of 
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAggEC) in Traveler's Diarrhea 
Diagnosed in Those Returning to Tama, Tokyo from Other Asian
Countries 
     Kazue Ogata, Rei Kato, Kenichiro Ito and Sumio Yamada
     pages 14-18 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Short Communication
High Genomic Diversity of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Isolates in Japan and Its Applicability for the Detection of
Diffuse Outbreak
     Jun Terajima, Hidemasa Izumiya, Sunao Iyoda, 
     Kazumichi Tamura and Haruo Watanabe
     pages 19-22 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Epidemiological Report
Evaluation of a Sentinel Surveillance System for Influenza,
1995-2000, Kyoto City, Japan
     Hayato Fujii, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takaaki Ohyama,
     Nobuhiko Okabe, Koichi Hashimoto, Wataru Doi and
     Yoshiaki Karouji
     pages 23-26 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
Minimally Invasive Method for Collection of Blood from
Guinea Pigs
      Masaaki Keino, Kyoko Hirasawa, Tomoko Watari,
      Masahiko Kanno, Masahide Mikawa, Kimio Saito and
      Kazuo Kato
      pages 27-28 [Text][PDF]

Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus in a Kumamoto Hospital in 2001
     Fumio Kawano, Hisayoshi Miyazaki, Jun-ichi Takami,
     Tomoko Fujino, Katsutoshi Saruta and Teruo Kirikae 
     pages 29-30 [Text][PDF]

A Queensland Koala Kept in a Japanese Zoological Park was
Carrier of an Imported Fungal pathogen, Filobasidiella 
neoformans var. bacillispora (Cryptococcus neoformans
var. gattii) 
     Koichi Makimura, Mizuki Karasawa, Humio Hosoi, 
     Toshiki Kobayashi, Nanako Kamijo, Kazuhiro Kobayashi,
     Hiroshi Hiramatsu, Takako Akikawa, Tomoko Yabe, 
     Ayumi Yamaguchi, Osamu Ishida, Arisa Murakami,
     Ryuichi Fujisaki, Yayoi Nishiyama, Katsuhisa Uchida
     and Hideyo Yamaguchi
     pages 31-32 [Text][PDF]

Report
Re-Evaluation of HCV Ab Detection Kits Approved for
Marketing in Japan
     Committee for Evaluation of In Vitro Diagnostic
     Devices, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
     pages 33-36 [Introduction][PDF]


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