Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 55 No. 6, P. 181-221, 2002

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Invited Minireview
          * This article is an Invited Minireview based 
          on a lecture presented at the 12th Symposium of
          the National Institute of Infectious Diseases,
          Tokyo, 21 May 2002.
            
Importance of National Institute of Infectious Diseases and
Institutes of Public Health on Control of Infectious Diseases
in the New Century
     Sakiko Tanno
     pages 181-182 [Abstract] [PDF]

Original Article
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Stools of Sporadic
Cases of Diarrheal Illness in Osaka City, Japan between 1997 and
2000: Prevalence of Enteroaggregative E. coli Heat-Stable 
Enterotoxin 1 Gene-Possessing E. coli
     Yoshikazu Nishikawa, Zhijiang Zhou, Atsushi Hase, Jun Ogasawara
     Teruyo Kitase, Niichiro Abe, Hiromi Nakamura, Takayuki Wada,
     Eiji Ishi, Kosuke Haruki and the Surveillance Team
     pages 183-190 [Abstract] [PDF]

Short Communications 
Intestinal Myiasis Due to Musca domestica: A Report of Two Cases
     Rakesh Sehgal, Harrinder P.S. Bhatti, Deepak K. Bhasin, 
     Atul K. Sood, Ritambra Nada, Nancy Malla and Kartar Singh
     pages 191-193 [Abstract] [PDF]

An Urban Outbreak of Leptospirosis in Mumbai, India
     Renu Bharadwaj, Abhijit M. Bal, Suvarna A. Joshi, 
     Anju Kagal, Sae S. Pol, Gajanan Garad, Vidya Arjunwadkar 
     and Ravindra Katti
     pages 194-196 [Abstract] [PDF]

Epidemiological Report
Evaluation of National Tsutsugamushi Disease Surveillance-
Japan, 2000
     Tamano Matsui, Michael H. Kramer, James M. Mendlein,
     Ken Osaka, Takaaki Ohyama, Hiroshi Takahashi,
     Tomomichi Ono and Nobuhiko Okabe
     pages 197-203 [Abstract] [PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
Neuraminidase Subtyping of Human Influenza A Viruses by
RT-PCR and Its Application to Clinical Isolates
     Shinichi Takao, Yukie Shimazu, Shinji Fukuda, 
     Masaru Kuwayama and Kazuo Miyazaki
     pages 204-205 [HTML] [PDF]

An Outbreak of Heat-Stable Enterotoxin-Producing 
Escherichia coli O25:HNM Resistant to Nalidixic Acid
Caused by Ingestion of Contaminated Box-Lunch in September-
October 2002 in Hyogo and Shiga Prefectures
     Hidetaka Tsuji, Kahori Oshima, Kokichi Hamada,
     Kazuhiro Ishikawa and Ken-ichi Hayashi
     pages 205-206 [HTML] [PDF]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar 
Enteritidis Isolated from Food Poisoning Outbreaks and
Sporadic Infections in 2001-2002 in Hyogo Prefecture:
Existence of Predominant Genotypes in the Epidemic
     Kokichi Hamada, Hidetaka Tsuji, Tomohiro Oshibe and
     Kahori Oshima
     pages 207-210 [HTML] [PDF]
  
Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus in a Tokyo Hospital in 2002
     Tomoko Fujino, Jun-ichi Sekiguchi, Akihiko Kawana, 
     Hisami Konosaki, Haruo Nishimura, Katsutoshi Saruta,
     Koichiro Kudo, Oichirou Kobori, Yoshio Yazaki,
     Tadatoshi Kuratsuji and Teruo Kirikae
     pages 210-213 [HTML] [PDF]

Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Infection in an Immunocompetent
Aged Woman Related to Use of Home Bath with a Circulating
Water System
     Makoto Takaraha, Toshiro Kano, Michiyo Aiyoshi,
     Tomoko Fujino, Yayoi Otsuka, Katsutoshi Saruta,
     Tadatoshi Kuratsuji and Teruo Kirikae
     pages 213-214 [HTML] [PDF]

Detection of Dengue Virus-Infected Patients among Passengers
at the Quarantine Station of the New Tokyo International 
Airport
     Masaki Takahashi, Toshiki Miwa, Ken-Ichi Yamada, 
     Yukiyoshi Sato, Keikin Ikawa, Yasuharu Matsumoto,
     Tomoaki Sano, Tomohiko Takasaki, Reiko Nerome, 
     Mikako Ito and Ichiro Kurane
     pages 215-216 [HTML] [PDF]

A Questionnaire Investigation regarding the Neglect of Hand
Washing, Assessed by Nurses in Hospitals in Japan
     Naoko Suzuki, Namiko Mori, Tomoko Onose, Masami Nakamura,
     Fumiko Yamanishi, Koichiro Kudo,Oichirou Kobori, 
     Yoshio Yazaki, Fumio Kawano, Setsuko Tahenaga, 
     Masaru Amishima, Katsuyuki Tobise, Yohko Sakurai, 
     Kazuko Maeda, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Mamoru Miyairi,
     Toshihiko Hasegawa, Tetsuo Mori, Atsuo Nagata,
     Hiroyuki Akiyama, Kaname Moriwaki, Seiji Hayashi,
     Asayuki Iwai, Yoshinori Hamada, Rie Sakaki, Junko Kawasaki,
     Norikazu Shigeto, Yohko Ogawa, Yoshimi Kitazono, 
     Eiji Konaga, Masako Tateyama, Kazuhiko Shindo, Teruo Kirikae,
     Hisayoshi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Yoshikura and Tadatoshi Kuratsuji
     pages 217-219 [HTML] [PDF]

A Clonal Expansion of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) in a Tuberculosis Ward
     Masayoshi Hosoda, Junji Toyama, Kayo Hasada, Tomoko Fujino,
     Ryuji Ohtsuki and Teruo Kirikae
     pages 219-221 [HTML] [PDF]

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