Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol. 62 No. 6, P. 413-486, 2009
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INVITED REVIEW
Spore-Forming Microsporidian Encephalitozoon: Current Understanding of Infection and Prevention in Japan
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Tuberculosis in Diabetics: Features in an Endemic Area
Dursun Tatar, Gunes Senol, Serpil Alptekin, Caglar Karakurum, Mert Aydin, and Ipek Coskunol
pages 423-427 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of High Performance Liquid Chromatography Purified Leptospiral Antigen for the Diagnosis of Leptospirosis
Prevalence of Integrons in Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella spp. in Hong Kong
Surgical Site Infections May Be Reduced by Shorter Duration of Prophylactic Antibiotic Medication in Urological Surgeries
Katsumi Shigemura, Soichi Arakawa, Masuo Yamashita, Tomihiko Yasufuku, and Masato Fujisawa
pages 440-443 [Summary] [PDF]
The Surveillance System in Health Centers in Northeastern Thailand
Kesorn Thaewnongiew, Supannee Promthet, Kessarawan Nilvarangkul, Ram Rangsin, Phisarig Phitak, and Pongdech Sarakarn
pages 444-449 [Summary] [PDF]
A Foodborne Norovirus Outbreak at a Hospital and an Attached Long-Term Care Facility
Kazuhiro Ohwaki, Haruko Nagashima, Makoto Aoki, Hiroko Aoki, and Eiji Yano
pages 450-454 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Usefulness of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Echovirus Aseptic Meningitis Using Cerebrospinal Fluid
Tsuguto Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Izumi, Nobuhiko Okabe, Miki Enomoto, Masami Konagaya, Masatsugu Chikahira, Tetsuya Munemura, and Kiyosu Taniguchi
pages 455-457 [Summary] [PDF]
Respiratory Viruses in Hospitalized Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Harbin, China
Hong-Yan Zhang, Zheng-Min Li, Guo-Li Zhang, Tian-Tian Diao, Chun-Xia Cao, and Hong-Qiang Sun
pages 458-460 [Summary] [PDF]
A Case of Unforeseen Intractable Severe Bacteremia Due to Acinetobacter baumannii–an Efficacy of Sulbactam–
Nobuyuki Takahashi, Toshio Shimada, Kazuaki Tanabe, Masatake Sato, Jun Kitamura, Hidetoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yutaka Ishibashi, and Takeshi Sakane
pages 461-463 [Summary] [PDF]
Trial of Influenza HA Vaccination for Healthcare Workers in Consecutive Years
Yukihiko Fujita, Tsuyoshi Okada, Hideo Mugishima, Kazunari Kumasaka, Mitsuru Sawa, and Sachiko Tachihara
pages 464-466 [Summary] [PDF]
Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in HIV-Seropositive Patients and Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility: an Update in Thailand
Somporn Srifeungfung, Anuvat Roongpisuthipong, Suvanna Asavapiriyanont, Rangsima Lolekha, Chanwit Tribuddharat, Somchai Lokpichart, Prasong Sungthong, and Patrapee Tongtep
pages 467-470 [Summary] [PDF]
Surveillance of Enterovirus Infections in Yokohama City from 2004 to 2008
Serological and Genetic Analysis of Leptospirosis in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nobuo Koizumi, Chandika D. Gamage, Maki Muto, Senanayake A. M. Kularatne, Sudhara B. D. S. Budagoda, Jayanthe R. P. V. Rajapakse, Hidehiko Tamashiro, and Haruo Watanabe
pages 474-475 [Summary] [PDF]
METHOD
Rapid Diagnostic Method for the Detection of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli by Multiplex PCR
Miyuki Fujioka, Kosuke Kasai, Tomisato Miura, Tatsusuke Sato, and Yoshimitsu Otomo
pages 476-480 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Importation of the Evolving Measles Virus Genotype D9 to Yamagata, Japan from Thailand in 2009
Yoko Aoki, Katsumi Mizuta, Asuka Suto, Tatsuya Ikeda, Chieko Abiko, Ichiro Yamaguchi, Kaori Miura and Tadayuki Ahiko
pages 481-482 [Title page] [PDF]
Two-Population Model Accounting for the Different Patterns Observed in the Log-Log Plot of the Cumulative Numbers of Those Infected and Killed in the Early Phase of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic in Contrast to the One-Population Model Accounting for the 1918-1919 Pandemic in San Francisco
Hiroshi Yoshikura
pages 482-484 [Title page] [PDF]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CA-125 in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Ergin Ayaslioglu
page 485 [PDF]
Ribavirin Treatment for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Hakan Leblebicioglu
page 485 [PDF]
Reply to the Letters to the Editor from Leblebicioglu
Shahrokh Izadi and Masoud Salehi
page 486 [PDF]