Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 59 No. 1, P. 1-71, 2006


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INVITED REVIEW

Measles Virus Receptors and Tropism

Yusuke Yanagi, Makoto Takeda, Shinji Ohno and Fumio Seki
pages 1-5 [Summary] [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Prophylactic Valacyclovir to Prevent Outbreaks of Primary Herpes Gladiatorum at a 28-Day Wrestling Camp

B. J. Anderson
pages 6-9 [Summary] [PDF]

Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage and Associated Factors in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Ali Tamer, Oguz Karabay and Hasan Ekerbicer
pages 10-14 [Summary] [PDF]

Characterization of Salmonella Isolated in Okinawa, Japan

Jun Kudaka, Kiyomasa Itokazu, Katsuya Taira, Aiko Iwai, Miwa Kondo, Tamaki Susa and Masaaki Iwanaga
pages 15-19 [Summary] [PDF]

Standardization of Regional Reference for Mamushi (Gloydius blomhoffii) Antivenom in Japan, Korea, and China

Tadashi Fukuda, Masaaki Iwaki, Seung Hwa Hong, Ho Jung Oh, Zhu Wei, Kazunori Morokuma, Kunio Ohkuma, Lei Dianliang, Yoshichika Arakawa and Motohide Takahashi
pages 20-24 [Summary] [PDF]

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of HGV/GBV-C Infection in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C

Jeng-Fu Yang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wan-Long Chuang, Wen-Yi Lin, Zu-Yau Lin, Shinn-Cherng Chen, Ming-Yuh Hsieh, Liang-Yen Wang, Jung-Fa Tasi, Wen-Yu Chang and Ming-Lung Yu
pages 25-30 [Summary] [PDF]

Epidemiological Studies on Bartonella quintana Infections among Homeless People in Tokyo, Japan

Naomi Seki, Toshinori Sasaki, Kyoko Sawabe, Tsuguo Sasaki, Mayumi Matsuoka, Yoshichika Arakawa, Eiji Marui and Mutsuo Kobayashi
pages 31-35 [Summary] [PDF]

Genetic Analyses of Beta-Lactamase Negative Ampicillin-Resistant Strains of Haemophilus influenzae Isolated in Okinawa, Japan

Toru Kubota, Futoshi Higa, Nobuchika Kusano, Isamu Nakasone, Shusaku Haranaga, Masao Tateyama, Nobuhisa Yamane and Jiro Fujita
pages 36-41 [Summary] [PDF]

YMDD Mutations and Genotypes of Hepatitis B Virus in Northern China

Di Li, Hong-Xi Gu, Shu-Yun Zhang, Zhao-Hua Zhong, Min Zhuang and Toshio Hattori
pages 42-45 [Summary] [PDF]

Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Francisella tularensis

Osamu Fujita, Masashi Tatsumi, Kiyoshi Tanabayashi and Akio Yamada
pages 46-51 [Summary] [PDF]

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Actinomycosis as a Neglected Diagnosis of Mediastinal Mass

Abdolvahab Alborzi, Neda Pasyar and Jalil Nasiri
pages 52-53 [Summary] [PDF]

Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Imported Meat in Japan

Fukiko Ueda, Kunitoshi Ogasawara and Ryo Hondo
pages 54-56 [Summary] [PDF]

Evaluation of the Diagnostic Efficacy of PCR for Ureaplasma urealyticum Infection in Indian Adults with Symptoms of Genital Discharge

Benu Dhawan, Vikas Gupta, Neena Khanna, Manjula Singh and Rama Chaudhry
pages 57-58 [Summary] [PDF]

LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS

An Outbreak of Water-Borne Gastroenteritis Caused by Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Possessing eae Gene

Ai Baba, Sumi Ebuchi, Kayo Uryu, Hiroshi Hiwaki, Kikuyo Ogata, Etsuko Washimi, Akio Hasegawa and Shizuo Utiyama
pages 59-60 [Title page] [PDF]

Usefulness of PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of rDNA for Identification of Anisakis simplex Complex

Niichiro Abe, Kazunari Tominaga and Isao Kimata
pages 60-62 [Title page] [PDF]

An Influenza AH3 Outbreak in a Hospital, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in Summer 2005

Yasushi Yonezawa, Yumiko Inoue, Yoshiteru Kitahori and Mamoru Nakano
pages 62-63 [Title page] [PDF]

Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 in the Vanuatu Islands in Eastern Melanesia

Masao Satoh, Akira Kaneko, Akatsuki Kokaze, Harutaka Katano and Tetsutaro Sata
pages 63-65 [Title page] [PDF]

Characterization of the Outbreak-Derived Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Strains with Atypical Triple Sugar Iron and Simmons Citrate Reactions

Yoshito Iwade, Kazumichi Tamura, Akinori Yamauchi, Norichika H. Kumazawa, Yasuhiko Ito and Akira Sugiyama
page 65-66 [Title page] [PDF]

Virological Analysis of a Case of Dual Infection by Influenza A (H3N2) and B Viruses

Shin'ichi Shimada, Kenji Sadamasu, Takayuki Shinkai, Osamu Kakuta, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Michiyo Shinohara, Kazue Uchida, Rie Doi, Kyoko Kohmoto, Miho Shimizu and Setsuko Nakajima
pages 67-68 [Title page] [PDF]

A Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Novel CTX-M-2-Producing Strains of Citrobacter koseri in Hematological Ward

Tsuyoshi Muta, Nobuko Tsuruta, Yumiko Seki, Rika Ota, Satowa Suzuki, Naohiro Shibata, Koji Kato, Tetsuya Eto, Hisashi Gondo and Yoshichika Arakawa
pages 69-71 [Title page] [PDF]


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