Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol. 64 No. 2, P. 95-175, 2011
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REVIEW
Norovirus and Histo-Blood Group Antigens
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Age, Viral Copy Number, and Immunosuppressive Therapy Affect the Duration of Norovirus RNA Excretion in Inpatients Diagnosed with Norovirus Infection
Daisuke Furuya, Kageaki Kuribayashi, Yukie Hosono, Naoki Tsuji, Momoko Furuya, Kanako Miyazaki, and Naoki Watanabe
pages 104-109 [Summary] [PDF]
Highly Conserved Region 141‒168 of the NS1 Protein Is a New Common Epitope Region of Dengue Virus
Promsin Masrinoul, Magot Omokoko Diata, Sabar Pambudi, Kriengsak Limkittikul, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, and Takeshi Kurosu
pages 109-115 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of the Cica Fungi Test Candida, a Novel Serum Candida Mannan Antigen Kit, and Its Comparison with Cand-Tec in Candidemia Patients
Takahiro Takazono, Koichi Izumikawa, Yosuke Nagayoshi, Akitaka Tanaka, Tomo Mihara, Kosuke Kosai, Tomomi Saijo, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Shimeru Kamihira, and Shigeru Kohno
pages 116-120 [Summary] [PDF]
Long-Term Observation of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) Infection in a Child with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome and a Possible Reactivation Mechanism for Thymidine Kinase-Negative HSV-1 in Humans
Tomoyuki Shiota, Ichiro Kurane, Shigeru Morikawa, and Masayuki Saijo
pages 121-126 [Summary] [PDF]
Transplantation of Skin Grafts and Organs Infected with Toxoplasma gondii as a Source of Toxoplasmosis in Immunocompromised Mice
Usama Salah Belal, Kazumi Norose, Rabie Mohamed Mohamed, Koji Naoi, and Akihiko Yano
pages 127-132 [Summary] [PDF]
Analysis of an Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Monitoring the Efficacy of Anti-Tuberculosis Chemotherapy
Kiyoko Takayanagi, Misako Aoki, Kumiko Aman, Satoshi Mitarai, Nobuyuki Harada, Kazue Higuchi, Masao Okumura, Takashi Yoshiyama, Hideo Ogata, and Toru Mori
pages 133-138 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Tuberculous Ankle Versus Pyogenic Septic Ankle Arthritis: a Retrospective Comparison
Shih-Hao Chen, To Wang, and Chen-Hsiang Lee
pages 139-142 [Summary] [PDF]
Prevalence of Anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Its Genotype Distribution among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China
Jian-Hong Li, Yu-Mao Cai, Yue-Ping Yin, Fu-Chang Hong, Mei-Qin Shi, Tie-Jian Feng, Rui-Rui Peng, Bao-Xi Wang, and Xiang-Sheng Chen
pages 143-146 [Summary] [PDF]
Recurrent Fatal Necrotizing Fasciitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes in a Child with Hereditary Sensory and Automic Neuropathy Type IV
Canan Kuzdan, Ahmet Soysal, Gülşen Altinkanat, Burak Aksu, Güner Söyletir, and Mustafa Bakir
pages 147-149 [Summary] [PDF]
An Autopsy Case of Disseminated Strongyloidiasis Combined with Cytomegalovirus Infection
Keishin Sunagawa, Haruko Nishio, Noriko Kinukawa, Tsutomu Yamada, Norimichi Nemoto, and Toyoko Ochiai
pages 150-152 [Summary] [PDF]
A Survey of β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Farm Animals and Raw Retail Meat in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Midori Hiroi, Tetsuya Harada, Fumihiko Kawamori, Naomi Takahashi, Takashi Kanda, Kanji Sugiyama, Takashi Masuda, Yuko Yoshikawa, and Norio Ohashi
pages 153-155 [Summary] [PDF]
Impact of Minocycline Ointment for Periodontal Treatment of Oral Bacteria
Ryoma Nakao, Satoko Takigawa, Naoyuki Sugano, Ryosuke Koshi, Koichi Ito, Haruo Watanabe, and Hidenobu Senpuku
pages 156-160 [Summary] [PDF]
Use of a Single-Tube Nested Real-Time PCR Assay to Facilitate the Early Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever
Min-Yi Hou, Min-Nan Hung, Po-Shan Lin, Yung-Chung Wang, Chien-Chou Lin, Pei-Yun Shu, Wen-Yi Shih, Ho-Sheng Wu, and Li-Jen Lin
pages 161-162 [Summary] [PDF]
Dengue Fever as an Acute Febrile Disease after Overseas Travel: a Report of Two Cases
Norihito Tarumoto, Yoshinobu Abe, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Takasaki, Ichiro Kurane, and Shigefumi Maesaki
pages 163-164 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Endemic Transmission of Echovirus 30 in Toyama, Japan in 2010 Is Verified by Environmental Surveillance
Masae Iwai, Eiji Horimoto, Mayumi Obara, Masatsugu Obuchi, Takeshi Kurata, Kumiko Kawagoshi, Sumika Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Hiromu Yoshida, and Takenori Takizawa
pages 165-167 [Title page] [PDF]
Fourteen Years' Surveillance of Coxsackievirus Group A in Kyoto 1996‒2009 Using Mouse, RD-18S, and Vero Cells
Mayumi Konno, Masazumi Yoshioka, Mariko Sugie, Toshikazu Maguchi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Masato Kizawa, Yasuhiro Umegaki, Hiroshi Yasutake, Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Nozomu Hanaoka, Nobuhiko Okabe, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shimizu, and Tsuguto Fujimoto
pages 167-168 [Title page] [PDF]
Evaluation of Nonstructural 1 Protein Rapid Test for Dengue Virus at the Narita Airport Quarantine Station, Japan
Masao Sugimoto, Michio Haseyama, Yuichi Ishida, Sadanobu Yoshida, and Kazuko Kamiya
pages 169-170 [Title page] [PDF]
Rapid Combination Genotypic Analysis of the O157 IS-Printing Method and Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157
Takeshi Sakai, Sumiko Tanabe, Misao Hashida, and Yoshiteru Kitahori
page 171-174 [Title page] [PDF]