Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol. 62 No. 1, P. 1-86, 2009
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Early Detection of Systemic Candidiasis in the Whole Blood of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Parisa Badiee, Parivash Kordbacheh, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Maryam Zakernia, and Pedram Haddadi
pages 1-5 [Summary] [PDF]
Expression and DNA Microarray Analysis of a Platelet Activating Factor-Related Molecule in Severe Pneumonia in Mice Due to Influenza Virus and Bacterial Co-Infection
Masafumi Seki, Kosuke Kosai, Atsuko Hara, Yoshifumi Imamura, Shigeki Nakamura, Shintaro Kurihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Hiroshi Mukae, Takayoshi Tashiro, and Shigeru Kohno
pages 6-10 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Ribavirin Therapy on Survival of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Patients: a Case-Control Study
Shahrokh Izadi and Masoud Salehi
pages 11-15 [Summary] [PDF]
Characterization of Virulence Genes of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Two Provinces of Iran
Mohammad Mehdi Aslani and Saeid Bouzari
pages 16-19 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of a New Rapid Molecular Diagnostic System for Plasmodium falciparum Combined with DNA Filter Paper, Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, and Melting Curve Analysis
Mariko Yamamura, Koichi Makimura, and Yasuo Ota
pages 20-25 [Summary] [PDF]
Rv0901 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a Possible Novel Virulent Gene Proved through the Recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis
Le Zhang, Qi Zhong, Lang Bao, Ying Zhang, Lei Gao, Bi Huang, and Hui-Dong Zhang
pages 26-31 [Summary] [PDF]
Substantially Exposed but HIV-Negative Individuals Are Accumulated in HIV-Serology-Discordant Couples Diagnosed in a Referral Hospital in Thailand
Archawin Rojanawiwat, Koya Ariyoshi, Panita Pathipvanich, Naho Tsuchiya, Wattana Auwanit, and Pathom Sawanpanylaert
pages 32-36 [Summary] [PDF]
Mucosal Vaccination Approach against Mosquito-Borne Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Tetsuya Harakuni, Hideyasu Kohama, Masayuki Tadano, Gen-ichiro Uechi, Naotoshi Tsuji, Yasunobu Matsumoto, Takeshi Miyata, Takafumi Tsuboi, Hirosuke Oku, and Takeshi Arakawa
pages 37-45 [Summary] [PDF]
Blood Culture Confirmed Bacterial Sepsis in Neonates in a North Indian Tertiary Care Center: Changes over the Last Decade
Venkataseshan Sundaram, Praveen Kumar, Sourabh Dutta, Kanya Mukhopadhyay, Pallab Ray, Vikas Gautam, and Anil Narang
pages 46-50 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Diarrhea as a Minor Adverse Effect Due to Oral Polio Vaccine
Tamie Sugawara, Yasushi Ohkusa, Keiko Taya, Yosinori Yasui, Noriyuki Wada, Masasi Sakano, Rie Koshida, Fumitoshi Fujii, Senko Shibata, Goutaro Hashimoto, Hiromi Utsumi, Masami Sumitomo, Michiyo Ishihara, Hirokazu Kondo, Hiroshi Sato, Kumi Ueno, Kazuko Araki, and Nobuhiko Okabe
pages 51-53 [Summary] [PDF]
An Improved Protocol for the Preparation and Restriction Enzyme Digestion of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Agarose Plugs for the Analysis of Legionella Isolates
Bin Chang, Junko Amemura-Maekawa, and Haruo Watanabe
pages 54-56 [Summary] [PDF]
Cyclospora Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient in Japan
Toshio Naito, Saita Mizue, Shigeki Misawa, Ayako Nakamura, Hiroshi Isonuma, Shigemi Kondo, Takashi Dambara, and Norishige Yamamoto
pages 57-58 [Summary] [PDF]
Cryptococcal Liver Abscess: a Case Report of Successful Treatment with Amphotericin-B and Literature Review
Po-Yu Liu, Youngsen Yang, and Zhi-Yuan Shi
pages 59-60 [Summary] [PDF]
An Unusual Respiratory Syncytial Virus Nosocomial Outbreak in an Adult Psychiatry Ward
Fang-Liang Huang, Po-Yen Chen, Zhi-Yuan Shi, Chin-Hong Chan, and Shui-King Huang
pages 61-62 [Summary] [PDF]
Detection of Multiple Sapovirus Genotypes and Genogroups in Oyster-Associated Outbreaks
Reiko Nakagawa-Okamoto, Tomoko Arita-Nishida, Shoichi Toda, Hirotomo Kato, Hiroyuki Iwata, Miho Akiyama, Osamu Nishio, Hirokazu Kimura, Mamoru Noda, Naokazu Takeda, and Tomoichiro Oka
pages 63-66 [Summary] [PDF]
Chikungunya Virus Isolated in Lakshadweep Islands in the Indian Ocean: Evidence of the Central/East African Genotype
Rajaiah Paramasivan, Paulraj Philip Samuel, Velayutham Thenmozhi, Rathinasamy Rajendran, Soosaimanickam Victor Jerald Leo, Kutty Jagadeeswaran Dhananjeyan, Ranganathan Krishnamoorthi, Natarajan Arunachalam, and Brij Kishore Tyagi
pages 67-69 [Summary] [PDF]
A Case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever with Pleural Effusion
Gonul Tanir, Nilden Tuygun, Ismail Balaban, and Onder Doksoz
pages 70-72 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Survey for Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Cattle in a Pastureland Where Sika Deer Appear in Hokkaido, Japan
Jilintai, Nobutaka Seino, Daisuke Hayakawa, Masatsugu Suzuki, Hiroshi Hata, Seiji Kondo, Kotaro Matsumoto, Naoaki Yokoyama, and Hisashi Inokuma
pages 73-75 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
An Outbreak of Measles Classified as Genotype H1 in 2008 in Osaka Prefecture
Takako Kurata, Hiromi Miyagawa, Etsumi Furutani, Tetsuo Kase, and Kazuo Takahashi
pages 76-77 [Title page] [PDF]]
Genetic Analysis of HA1 Gene of Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses Isolated from Returning Travelers at Chubu International Airport in Aichi Prefecture
Mami Hata, Seidai Tanaka, Norimichi Kumagai, Manabu Noma, Kunihiko Ichinohe, Michiko Hashimoto, Teruo Yamashita, and Hiroko Minagawa
pages 78-80 [Title page] [PDF]
Prevalence of Enterovirus in Osaka, Japan, between April and September 2008
Kenji Yamazaki, Naomi Sakon, Keiko Nakata, and Tetsuo Kase
page 80-81 [Title page] [PDF]
Genetic Characterization of Sporadic Noroviruses in Nara Prefecture: April 2007-March 2008
Yoshiteru Kitahori, Yumiko Inoue, and Yoshitaka Imanishi
pages 82-83 [Title page] [PDF]
Isolation of Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A/H1N1 Virus of Different Origins in Yokohama City, Japan, during the 2007-2008 Influenza Season
Chiharu Kawakami, Masatsugu Obuchi, Miwako Saikusa, Yuzo Noguchi, Makoto Ujike, Takato Odagiri, Mami Iwata, Takahiro Toyozawa, and Masato Tashiro
page 83-86 [Title page] [PDF]