Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 56 No. 4, P. 143-185, 2003

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Original Articles
In Vitro Inhibitory Effects of Tea Polyphenols on the Proliferation
of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae
     Tsutomu Yamazaki, Miyuki Inoue, Nozomu Sasaki,
     Toshikatsu Hagiwara, Toshio Kishimoto, Sadashi Shiga,
     Motohiko Ogawa, Yukihiko Hara and Takaaki Matsumoto
     pages 143-145 [Abstract] [PDF]


Chlamydophila pneumoniae Infection among Young Children
with Respiratory Diseases in Thailand 
     Piyada Wangroongsarb, Kanonkporn Geenkajorn, 
     Wimol Pektkanchanapong, Apiram Vedjapoom, Mayura Kusum
     and Toshikatsu Hagiwara
     pages 146-150 [Abstract] [PDF]

Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Selective Detection
of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
     Young-Hee Lim, Kenji Hirose, Hidemasa Izumiya, Eiji Arakawa,
     Hideyuki Takahashi, Jun Terajima, Ken-ichiro Itoh, 
     Kazumichi Tamura, Sung-Il Kim and Haruo Watanabe
     pages 151-155 [Abstract] [PDF]
 
Short Communications
Combination Effect of Ciprofloxacin and Gentamicin against
Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi with
Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin
     Shyamapada Mandal, Manisha Deb Mandal and 
     Nishith Kumar Pal
     pages 156-157 [Abstract] [PDF]

Safe and Easy Monitoring of Anti-Rabies Antibody in
Dogs Using His-Tagged Recombinant N-Protein
     Satoshi Inoue, Yurie Motoi, Tomoko Kashimura,
     Kenichiro Ono and Akio Yamada
     pages 158-160 [Abstract] [PDF]

Evaluation of a Rapid Serological Chromatographic Immunoassay
for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Accra, Ghana
     Andrew Anthony Adjei, Henry Armah, Owusu Achaw Duah,
     Theophilus Adiku and Ian Fiifi Adukwei Hesse
     pages 161-164 [Abstract] [PDF]

Prevalence of Antibodies to Syphilis among Blood Donors in
Accra, Ghana
     Andrew Anthony Adjei, William Kudzi, Henry Armah, 
     Theophilu Adiku, Albert George Baidoe Amoah and
     Justina Ansah
     pages 165-167 [Abstract] [PDF] 
     
Epidemiological Report
Epidemiological Investigation on Clonorchis sinensis
in Human Population in an Area of South China
     Yu Sen-Hai, Masanori Kawanaka, Li Xue-Ming, 
     Xu Long-Qi, Lan Chun-Geng and Lin Rui
     pages 168-171 [Abstract] [PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
Evaluation of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Immune
Responses Induced by a Defective Proviral DNA Vaccine in
Macaques
      Akiko Takeda, Hiromi Nakamura and Tetsuro Matano
      pages 172-173 [HTML] [PDF]

Arithmetic Estimation of the HIV-Infected in Japan
      Hiroshi Yoshikura
       pages 173-174 [HTML] [PDF]

Vaccination Coverage of Poliomyelitis among Less than 5-Year-Old
Children in the Markets of Niger
      Midori Kobayashi, Keiko Hirakawa, Michihisa Sawada,
      Chiemi Suzuki, Syuhei Saikawa, Hiroko Ando, Miyuki Nakane
      amd Takashi Nakano
      pages 175-177 [HTML] [PDF]

An Unusual Outbreak of Infusion-Related Bacteremia in
a Gastrointestinal Disease Ward
      Keizo Torii, Yasunobu Noda, Yutaka Miyazaki and Michio Ota
      pages 177-178 [HTML] [PDF]

P Genotype Identification of Human Group A Rotaviruses
      Yumiko Inoue, Yoshiteru Kitahori, Osamu Adachi and
      Shunsuke Imai
      pages 179-180 [HTML] [PDF]

A Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes shrencki, Infected with Echinococcus
multilocularis was Introduced from Hokkaido island, Where 
E. multilocularis is Endemic, to Aomori, Northern Part of 
the Mainland Japan
      Haruo Kamiya, Takashi Inaba, Hiroshi Sato and Arihiro Osanai 
      pages 180-181 [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Epidemiology of Type 2 Vaccine-Associated Paralytic 
Poliomyelitis in China
      Yasuo Chiba, Makoto Kobayashi, Toru Chosa, Teiji Yamamoto,
      Kazuhiro Endo, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Li Li, Xu Wen-Bo and
      Zhang Li-Bi 
      pages 181-183 [HTML] [PDF]

Collaborative Study: Standardization of Japanese Reference
Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids, (Adsorbed, Lot 2), for Potency
Determination of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Acellular Pertussis Combined
Vaccine
      Masaaki Iwaki, Takako Komiya, Tadashi Fukuda, 
      Yoshichika Arakawa and Motohide Takahashi 
      pages 183-185 [HTML] [PDF]



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