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<P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">Vol. 60 No. 6, P. 331-416, 2007</FONT></B></P></TD> 

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<P><B><U>Invited Review</U></B></P>


<P><B>Historical Review of BCG Vaccine in Japan</B></P>


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  <P>Saburo Yamamoto and Toshiko Yamamoto<BR>

  pages 331-336 [<A HREF="331.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="331.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><U>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</U></B></P>


<P><B>Epidemidemiological Studies on Pulmonary Pathogens in HIV-Positive and -Negative Subjects

with or without Community-Acquired Pneumonia with Special Emphasis on <I>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</I></B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Esaki Muthu Shankar, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Ramachandran Vignesh, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, 

Sunil Suhas Solomon, Kailapuri Gangatharan Murugavel, Shanmugam Saravanan, Vijayakumar Velu, 

Shukkur Muhammed Farooq, Kownhar Hayath, Sundaram Muthu, Suniti Solomon and Usha Anand Rao<BR>

  pages 337-341 [<A HREF="337.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="337.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Effects of Several Virucidal Agents on Inactivation of Influenza, Newcastle Disease, and

Avian Infectious Bronchitis Viruses in the Allantoic Fluid of Chicken Eggs</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Motoharu Abe, Kumi Kaneko, Ai Ueda, Hiroshi Otsuka, Kouichi Shiosaki, Chikateru Nozaki and Shuro Goto<BR>

  pages 342-346 [<A HREF="342.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="342.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Kinetic Study of Antibodies (IgG, IgA) to <I>Chlamydia trachomatis</I>: Importance of IgA Antibody

in Screening Test for <I>C. trachomatis</I> Infection by Peptide-Based Enzyme Immunosorbent Assay</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Teruko Komoda<BR>

  pages 347-351 [<A HREF="347.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="347.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Seroprevalence of <I>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</I> in Healthy Adolescents in Taiwan</B></P>


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  <P>Chien-Min Kung and Hai-Lung Wang<BR>

  pages 352-354 [<A HREF="352.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="352.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Comparison of Whole Genome Amplification Methods for Detecting Pathogenic Bacterial Genomic

DNA Using Microarray</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Akihiko Uda, Kiyoshi Tanabayashi, Osamu Fujita, Akitoyo Hotta, Yoshie Yamamoto and Akio Yamada<BR>

  pages 355-361 [<A HREF="355.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="355.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Human Brucellosis in Centeral Greece</B></P>


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  <P>Markos Minas, Anastasios Minas, Konstantinos Gourgulianis and Athanasia Stournara<BR>

  pages 362-366 [<A HREF="362.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="362.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Association between Isolation Sites of Methicillin-Resistant <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I> (MRSA) 

in Patients with MRSA-Positive Body Sites and MRSA Contamination in Their Surrounding Environmental Surfaces</B></P>


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  <P>Shigeharu Oie, Shigeyuki Suenaga, Akihiro Sawa and Akira Kamiya<BR>

  pages 367-369 [<A HREF="367.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="367.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>First Report on Clinical Features of <I>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</I> Infections in Vietnamese Children</B></P>


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  <P>Phan L. T. Huong, Ngo T. Thi, Nguyen T. T. Nguyet, Ta K. Van, Dang T. Hang, Vu T. T. Huong, 

Dang D. Anh and Tsuguo Sasaki<BR>

  pages 370-373 [<A HREF="370.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="370.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Longitudinal Epidemiology of <I>Chlamydia trachomatis</I> Serovars in Female Patients in Japan</B></P>


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  <P>Syun Takahashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kozue Satoh, Miyuki Inoue, Sachiko Takahashi, Osamu Ishihara, 

Yohko Oka, Yuji Horiguchi, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, Satowa Suzuki and Toshio Kishimoto<BR>

  pages 374-376 [<A HREF="374.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="374.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C in Taiwan</B></P>


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  <P>Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Li-Po Lee, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Kun-Bow Tsai, Jee-Fu Huang, Nai-Jen Hou, Shinn-Chern Chen2,5, Zu-Yau Lin2,5, Ming-Yuh Hsieh, 

Liang-Yen Wang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wan-Long Chuang and Ming-Lung Yu<BR>

  pages 377-381 [<A HREF="377.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="377.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Osteonecrosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Taiwan</B></P>


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  <P>Ya-Chi Ho, Tiffany T. F. Shih, Yu-Hui Lin, Chin-Fu Hsiao, Mao-Yuan Chen, Szu-Min Hsieh, 

Wang-Huei Sheng, Hsin-Yun Sun, Chien-Ching Hung and Shan-Chwen Chang<BR>

  pages 382-386 [<A HREF="382.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="382.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><U>SHORT COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P>


<P><B>Influenza Vaccine Adverse Event and Effect on Acceptability in Pediatric Residents</B></P>


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  <P>Ates Kara, Ilker Devrim, Tolga Celik, Tulay Akca, Hasan Tezer, Ozlem Pelin Simsek, Tezer Kutluk, Gulsev Kale and Gulten Secmeer<BR>

  pages 387-388 [<A HREF="387.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="387.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Prevalence and Trends of Markers of Hepatitis C Virus, Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Delhi

Blood Donors: A Hospital Based Study</B></P>


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  <P>Sangeeta Pahuja, Meenal Sharma, Buddhan Baitha and Manjula Jain<BR>

  pages 389-391 [<A HREF="389.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="389.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Retroperitoneal Abscess due to Disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guérin Infection</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Abdolvahab Alborzi and Nasser Mostafavi<BR>

  pages 392-393 [<A HREF="392.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="392.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Nosocomial Outbreak of <I>Sphingomonas paucimobilis</I> Bacteremia in a Hemoto/Oncology Unit</B></P>


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  <P>Abdullah Kilic, Zeynep Senses, A. Emin Kurekci, Hakan Aydogan, Kenan Sener, Erol Kismet and A. Celal Basustaoglu<BR>

  pages 394-396 [<A HREF="394.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="394.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Adult <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I> Meningitis: High Incidence of Underlying Medical and/or Postneurosurgical Conditions and High Mortality Rate</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>C.R. Huang, C.H. Lu, Y.C. Chuang, N.W. Tsai, C.C. Chang, S.F. Chen, H.C. Wang, C.C. Chien and W.N. Chang<BR>

  pages 397-399 [<A HREF="397.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="397.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><I>Aeromonas sobria</I> Prostatitis and Septic Shock in a Healthy Man with Chronic Alcoholic Consumption</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Heng-Ching Huang, Wen-Liang Yu, Kuan-Hua Huan, Kuo-Chen Cheng and Yin-Ching Chuang<BR>

  pages 400-401 [<A HREF="400.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="400.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Nucleoprotein (<I>N</I>) Gene in Measles Viruses

Prevalent in Gunma, Japan, in 2007</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Yukio Morita, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Masataka Shiono, Masae Shiobara, Mika Saitoh, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, 

Masakazu Yoshizumi, Taisei Ishioka, Masahiko Kato, Kunihisa Kozawa, 

Keiko Tanaka-Taya, Yoshinori Yasui, Masahiro Noda, Nobuhiko Okabe and Hirokazu Kimura<BR>

  pages 402-404 [<A HREF="402.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="402.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>An Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Suspected to be Related to Contaminated Food, October 2006, Sakai

City, Japan</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Hisayoshi Yoshida, Mitsuko Matsuo, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kiyoko Uchino, Hiroyuki Nakaguchi, Toshio Fukumoto,

Yoko Teranaka and Tomoyuki Tanaka<BR>

  pages 405-407 [<A HREF="405.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="405.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><U>LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P>


<P><B>An Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing <I>Shigella sonnei</I> at a Day

Care Nursery in Sakai City, 2006</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Junko Shimosako, Takashi Onaka, Masahiro Yamanouchi, Masaharu Yokota, Takeshi Nakamura,

Fumitoshi Fujii, Emiko Matsumoto, Hisako Shibata, Masakazu Fukuda and Tomoyuki Tanaka<BR>

  pages 408-409 [<A HREF="408.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="408.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Norovirus Storm in Osaka, Japan, Last Winter (2006/2007)</B></P>


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  <P>Naomi Sakon, Kenji Yamazaki, Tomoko Yoda, Teizo Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Kase, Koki Taniguchi,

Kazuo Takahashi and Toru Otake<BR>

  pages 409-410 [<A HREF="409.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="409.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>An Enterohemorrhagic <I>Escherichia coli</I> O103 Outbreak at a Nursery School in Miyazaki

Prefecture, Japan</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Ryoko Muraoka, Michiko Okazaki, Yoko Fujimoto, Nobutoshi Jo, Ritsuko Yoshida, Tomoko Kiyoyama, 

Yuko Oura, Kazuo Hirakawa, Mayumi Jyukurogi, Kimiko Kawano, Mika Okada, Yoko Shioyama, Kazunori Iryoda, 

Hideo Wakamatu and Norihiko Kawabata<BR>

  pages 410-411 [<A HREF="410.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="410.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>An Outbreak of <I>Salmonella enterica</I> Serovar Othmarschen at a Funeral Service in Guri-si,

South Korea</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Shukho Kim, Yea Gyoung Choi, Jae Woo Eom, Tae Jun Oh, Kyung Shin Lee, Sung Hun Kim, Es Ther Lee, 

Mi-Sun Park, Hee-Bok Oh and Bok Kwon Lee<BR>

  pages 412-413 [<A HREF="412.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="412.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Surveillance of Mosquitoes and Crows for West Nile Virus in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Yukiko Tabei, Michiya Hasegawa, Noriko Iwasaki, Terue Okazaki, Yasuko Yoshida and Kazuyoshi Yano<BR>

  pages 413-416 [<A HREF="413.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="413.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><U>LETTERS TO THE EDITOR</U></B></P>


<P><B>Antimicrobial Resistance among Clinical Isolates of <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I> from Patients

in a Teaching Hospital</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Dominique M. Vandijck, Stijn I. Blot and Johan M. Decruyenaere<BR>

  page 416 [<A HREF="416.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


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