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<P><B><FONT SIZE="+2">Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases</FONT></B></P>


<P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">Vol. 61 No. 5, P. 333-426, 2008</FONT></B></P>


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<P><B><U>REVIEW</U></B></P>


<P><B>Japanese Encephalitis: Surveillance and Elimination Effort in Japan from 1982 to 2004</B></P>


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  <P>Satoru Arai, Yasuko Matsunaga, Tomohiko Takasaki, Keiko Tanaka-Taya, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Okabe, Ichiro Kurane and 

Vaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Program of Japan<BR>

  pages 333-338 [<A HREF="333.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="333.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


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


<P><B>Incidence, Etiology, and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Gram-Negative Microorganisms Isolated from 

Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital 

in Istanbul, Turkey (2004-2006)</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Ilknur Erdem, Asu Ozgultekin, Asuman Sengoz  Inan, Emine Dincer,  Guldem  Turan,  Nurgul Ceran, Derya Ozturk Engin,  

Seniha Senbayrak Akcay, Nur Akgun and Pasa Goktas<BR>

  pages 339-342 [<A HREF="339.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="339.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Molecular Diversity of Class 1 Integrons in Human Isolates of <I>Aeromonas</I> spp. from Southern Taiwan</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Mei-Feng Lee, Chien-Fang Peng, Yen-Hwei Lin, Shiu-Ru Lin and Yen-Hsu Chen<BR>

  pages 343-349 [<A HREF="343.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="343.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Incidence of Bacterial Enteropathogens among Hospitalized Diarrhea Patients from Orissa, India</B></P>


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  <P>Surya Kanta Samal, Hemant Kumar Khuntia, Prafulla Kumar Nanda, Chandra Sekhar Satapathy, Sudeep Ranjan Nayak, 

Ashok Kumar Sarangi, Nilamani Sahoo, Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik, Guru Prasad Chhotray and Bhibhuti Bhusan Pal<BR>

  pages 350-355 [<A HREF="350.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="350.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Bacillary Dysentery and Meteorological Factors in Northeastern China: a Historical Review Based on 

Classification and Regression Trees</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Peng Guan, Desheng Huang, Junqiao Guo, Ping Wang and Baosen Zhou<BR>

  pages 356-360 [<A HREF="356.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="356.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>The Impacts of Current Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens on Chinese AIDS Patients and Their Implications 

for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutation</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Min Zhang, Xiao-Xu Han, Wei-Guo Cui, Man-Hong Jia, Xiang-Dong Meng,Ai-Hua Xing,Yu-Hua Wu,Ying-Yuan Yang, 

Chun-Ming Lu,Qing-Hai Hu, Di Dai, Zi-Ning Zhang and Hong Shang<BR>

  pages 361-365 [<A HREF="361.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="361.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Assessment of Diagnostic Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Kit and Serological Markers in Human Brucellosis</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Gulcin Cakan, Fatma Betul Bezirci, Askin Kacka, Salih Cesur, Sebahat Aksaray, Deniz Tezeren, Dilek Saka and 

Kamruddin Ahmed<BR>

  pages 366-370 [<A HREF="366.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="366.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Assessment of Serum Anti-<I>Bordetella pertussis</I> Antibody Titers among Medical Staff Members</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Futoshi Higa, Syusaku Haranaga, Masao Tateyama, Kenji Hibiya, Tsuyoshi Yamashiro, Miyuki Nakamatsu, Takeaki Tomoyose, 

Masayoshi Nagahama, Takayuki Okamura, Tomoko Owan, Tomoharu Kuda, Fukunori Kinjo and Jiro Fujita<BR>

  pages 371-374 [<A HREF="371.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="371.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>The Roles of the Quorum-Sensing System in the Release of Extracellular DNA, Lipopolysaccharide, 

and Membrane Vesicles from <I>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</I></B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Shigeki Nakamura, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Koichi Izumikawa, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, 

Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Yohei Mizuta and Shigeru Kohno<BR>

  pages 375-378 [<A HREF="375.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="375.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


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


<P><B>A Case of <I>Legionella pneumophila</I> Pneumonia Followed by Invasive Aspergillosis</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Tomomi Saijo, Koichi Izumikawa, Takahiro Takazono, Kosuke Kosai, Shintaro Kurihara, Shigeki Nakamura, Yoshifumi Imamura,

 Taiga Miyazaki, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara1, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, 

Kiyoyasu Fukushima and Shigeru Kohno<BR>

  pages 379-381 [<A HREF="379.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="379.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Temporal Alterations in Concentrations of Sera Cytokines/Chemokines in Sepsis Due to Group B Streptococcus Infection in a Neonate</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Kaoru Okazaki, Masatoshi Kondo, Masahiko Kato, Akira Nishida, Hidehiro Takahashi, Masahiro Noda and Hirokazu Kimura<BR>

  pages 382-385 [<A HREF="382.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="382.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Montenegro</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Z. B. Gledovic, A. S. Jeknic, A. D. Grgurevic, B. B. Rakocevic, B. R. Bozovic and B.V. Mugosa<BR>

  pages 386-387 [<A HREF="386.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="386.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Risk Factors for SARS Infection within Hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Ayako Nishiyama, Naomi Wakasugi, Teruo Kirikae, Tran Quy, Le Dang Ha, Vo Van Ban, Hoang Thuy Long, Naoto Keicho, 

Takehiko Sasazuki and Tadatoshi Kuratsuji<BR>

  pages 388-390 [<A HREF="388.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="388.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Relationship of Frequency of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells with Disease Progression in Antiretroviral-Naïve 

HIV-1 Infected Chinese</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Zining Zhang, Yongjun Jiang, Min Zhang, Wanying Shi, Jing Liu, Xiaoxu Han, Yanan Wang, Xin Jin and Hong Shang<BR>

  pages 391-392 [<A HREF="391.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="391.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Genetic Characterization of <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I> Isolates Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in Bangladesh</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Sadia Afroz, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Shigeo Nagashima, M. Mahbub Alam, A. B. M. Bayezid Hossain, M. Abdur Rahman, 

M. Rafiqul Islam, Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Naima Muazzam, M. Abul Hossain Khan, Shyamal Kumar Paul, A. K. M. Shamsuzzaman, M. Chan Mahmud, A. K. M. Musa and M. Akram Hossain<BR>

  pages 393-396 [<A HREF="393.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="393.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Do Serological Tests Provide Adequate Rapid Diagnosis of <I>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</I> Infection?</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Fang-Ching Liu, Po-Yen Chen, Fang-Liang Huang, Chi-Ren Tsai, Chun-Yi Lee and Chen-Fu Lin<BR>

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


<P><B>Deaths of Early-Onset, Invasive Sepsis in Full-Term Infants in Miyazaki: Nine Cases from a Regional Population-Based 

Analysis from 1998-2006</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Hiroshi Sameshima, Yuki Kodama, Masatoki Kaneko and Tsuyomu Ikenoue for The Miyazaki Perinatal Data Group<BR>

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


<P><B>Analysis of Gene Expression in Mouse Alveolar Macrophages Stimulated with Quorum-Sensing Mutants of <I>Vibrio vulnificus</I></B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Na-Ri Shin, Deog-Yong Lee and Han Sang Yoo<BR>

  pages 402-406 [<A HREF="402.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="402.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>An Application of Duplex PCR for Detection of <I>Leptospira</I> spp. and <I>Orientia tsutsugamushi</I> from Wild Rodents</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Piyada Wangroongsarb, Watcharee Saengsongkong, Wimol Petkanjanapong, Miruntee Mimgratok, 

Decha Panjai, Wattanapong Wootta and Toshikatsu Hagiwara<BR>

  pages 407-409 [<A HREF="407.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="407.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Vero Cells Infected with Vaccinia Viruses Expressing Japanese Encephalitis Virus Envelope Protein Induce Polykaryocyte 

Formation under Neutral Conditions</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Eiji Konishi, Kyoko Yagawa and Atsushi Yamanaka<BR>

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


<P><B>Infected Subdural Hematoma in an Infant</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Takayuki Hoshina, Koichi Kusuhara, Mitsumasa Saito, Masahiro Mizoguchi, Takato Morioka, Yumi Mizuno, Tomonobu Aoki and Toshiro Hara<BR>

  pages 412-414 [<A HREF="412.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="412.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Assessment of Nosocomial Transmission of Tuberculosis in a Psychiatric Hospital Using a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay</I></B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Nobuyuki Harada, Kazue Higuchi and Toru Mori<BR>

  pages 415-418 [<A HREF="415.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="415.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B><U>EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORT</U></B></P>


<P><B>Multiple Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Due to a Single Strain of Genotype GII/4 Norovirus in Kobe, Japan, 2006: 

Risk Factors for Norovirus Spread in Health Care Settings</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Yoshio Iijima, Shinobu Tanaka and Hideaki Ohishi<BR>

  pages 419-422 [<A HREF="419.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="419.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


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


<P><B>Food Poisoning Outbreak Caused by Norovirus GII/4 in School Lunch, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Teruko Oogane, Asumi Hirata, Keiji Funatogawa, Kiyomi Kobayashi, Takao Sato and Hirokazu Kimura<BR>

  pages 423-424 [<A HREF="423.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="423.pdf">PDF</A>]]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>Estimation of Focus Reduction Neutralization Test for Measurement of Neutralizing Antibody Titer 

against Japanese Encephalitis Virus</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Kanako Watanabe, Chika Hirokawa, Miyako Kon, Tsutomu Tamura and Makoto Nishikawa<BR>

  pages 424-425 [<A HREF="424.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="424.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


<P><B>An Outbreak of Group A Rotavirus G1P[8] in an Elementary School, Nara Prefecture</B></P>


<BLOCKQUOTE>

  <P>Yumiko Inoue, Yoshitaka Imanishi and Yoshiteru Kitahori<BR>

  page 426 [<A HREF="426.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="426.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE>


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