Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 58 No. 2, P. 59-124, 2005

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Invited Review
Leprosy as a Challenge to Science on the Ability to Decode 
Its Enigma. A Hypothesis on How to Respond
     Eiichi Matsuo
     pages 59-64 [Summary] [PDF]

Original Articles
The Relationship between O-Antigens and Pathogenic Genes of
Diarrhea-Associated Escherichia coli
      Yuichiro Tamaki, Hiroshi Narimatsu, Tomoko Miyazato,
      Noboru Nakasone, Naomi Higa, Claudia Toma and 
      Masaaki Iwanaga
      pages 65-69 [Summary] [PDF] 

Recurrent Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess in a Diabetic
Patient Followed by Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis - Occult
Colon Tumor Plays an Important Role
     Shao-Wen Weng, Jien-Wei Liu, Wei-Jen Chen and Pei-Wen Wang
     pages 70-72 [Summary] [PDF]

Population-Based Estimates of the Cumulative Risk of 
Hospitalization Potentially Associated with Rotavirus Diarrhea
among Children Living in Two Cities in Akita Prefecture, Japan
     Izumi Hiramoto, Toyoko Nakagomi and Osamu Nakagomi
     pages 73-77 [Summary] [PDF]
 
Infection Route-Independent Accumulation of Splenic Abnormal
Prion Protein
     Yuji Inoue, Yoshio Yamakawa, Akikazu Sakudo, Tomoya Kinumi,
     Yuko Nakamura, Yoshitsugu Matsumoto, Keiichi Saeki, 
     Tsuneo Kamiyama, Takashi Onodera and Masahiro Nishijima
     pages 78-82 [Summary] [PDF]

Reactivity of Genotypically Distinct Hepatitis B Virus Surface
Antigens in 10 Commercial Diagnostic Kits Available in Japan
     Toshiaki Mizuochi, Yoshiaki Okada, Kiyoko Umemori, 
     Saeko Mizusawa, Shinichiro Sato and Kazunari Yamaguchi
     pages 83-87 [Summary] [PDF]

Immunological Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus by Monoclonal Antibodies
     Kazuo Ohnishi, Masahiro Sakaguchi, Tomohiro Kaji,
     Kiyoko Akagawa, Tadayoshi Taniyama, Msasataka Kasai,
     Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota, Masamichi Oshima, Kiichi Yamamoto,
     Naomi Takasuka, Shu-ichi Hashimoto, Manabu Ato, Hideki Fujii,
     Yoshimasa Takahashi, Shigeru Morikawa, Koji Ishii, Tetsutaro Sata,
     Hirotaka Takagi, Shigeyuki Itamura, Takato Odagiri, Tatsuo Miyamura,
     Ichiro Kurane, Masato Tashiro, Takeshi Kurata, Hiroshi Yoshikura
     and Toshitada Takemori
     pages 88-94 [Summary] [PDF]

Short Communications
The Seroprevalence of Parvovirus B19 Infection among To-Be-Married
Girls, Pregnant Women, and Their Neonates in Shiraz, Iran
     Mazyar Ziyaeyan, Manoochehr Rasouli and Abdolvahab Alborzi
     pages 95-97 [Summary] [PDF]

An Outbreak of Measles Virus Infection due to a Genotype D9 
at a Junior High School in Yamagata, Japan in 2004
     Katsumi Mizuta, Chieko Abiko, Toshio Murata, Keiko Yamada,
     Tadayuki Ahiko, Michiyo Sakamoto, Shuji Tsuchida,
     Yoko Matsuzaki, Seiji Hongo, Tomimasa Sunagawa and
     Katsuhiro Kudo
     pages 98-100 [Summary] [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcal Blood Isolates 
at a Pediatric Care Hospital in India
      Lata Kapoor, V. S. Randhawa and Monorama Deb
      pages 101-103 [Summary] [PDF]

Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococci Isolated
from Clinical Samples
     Nuran Delialioglu, Gonul Aslan, Candan Ozturk,
     Vildan Baki, Sebahat Sen and Gurol Emekdas
     pages 104-106 [Summary] [PDF]

Serum Neopterin Levels in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
     Ahmet Kalkan, Mehmet Ozden and Handan Akbulut
     pages 107-109 [Summary] [PDF]

Asymptomatic Cryptosporidiosis in a Periurban Slum Setting in
Kolkata, India - a Pilot Study
     Anup Palit, Dipika Sur, Kakali MitraDhar and 
     Malay Ranjan Saha
     pages 110-111 [Summary] [PDF]

The First Reported Case of Spotted Fever in Fukui Prefecture,
the Northern Part of Central Japan
     Yoshihiro Noji, Nobuhiro Takada, Fubito Ishiguro,
     Susumu Fujino, Takahiko Aoyama, Hiromi Fujita, 
     Yasuhiro Yano, Syunichi Shiomi, Isamu Mitsuto,
     Keiichiro Takase, Toshihiro Haba and Hiroshi Mabuchi
     pages 112-114 [Summary] [PDF]

Detection of Rabies-Specific Antigens by Egg Yolk Antibody (IgY)
to the Recombinant Rabies Virus Proteins Produced in Escherichi coli 
     Yurie Motoi, Satoshi Inoue, Hajime Hatta, Kozue Sato,
     Kinjiro Morimoto and Akio Yamada
     pages 115-118 [Summary] [PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
An Outbreak of Diarrhea Caused by Escherichia coli Serogroup O169:HNM
Harboring a Coding Gene for Enteroaggregative E. coli Heat-Stable
Enterotoxin 1 (astA) in Fukui Prefecture
     Fubito Ishiguro, Yoshito Kyota, Michio Mochizuki and
     Takeo Horikawa
     pages 119-120 [Title page] [PDF]

Subtypes of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Turkey
     Kezban Tulay Yalcinkaya, Hasan Ucar, Mustafa Uzun,
     Berrin Esen, Ryoichi Shirachi, Kikuko Miyamura and
     Hiroshi Yamamoto
     pages 120-122 [Title page] [PDF]

Active Alveolar Hydatidosis with Sero-Negativity for
Antibody to the 18 kDa Antigen
     Kimiaki Yamano, Kinpei Yagi, Koji Furuya, 
     Yukiharu Sawada, Hiroshi Honma and Naoki Sato
     pages 122-124 [Title page] [PDF]


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