Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 64 No. 3, P. 177-263, 2011


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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Effectiveness and Safety of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine in Healthcare Workers at a University Hospital in Japan

Hidetoshi Igari, Akira Watanabe, Hitoshi Chiba, Kyoko Shoji, Shunsuke Segawa, Yasutaka Nakamura, Masaharu Watanabe, Kazuo Suzuki, and Takeyuki Sato
pages 177-182 [Summary] [PDF]

The Adverse Events of Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccination and Its Risk Factors in Healthcare Personnel in 18 Military Healthcare Units in Korea

Se-Min Hwang, Kang-Won Choe, Sang-Heon Cho, Seok-Jun Yoon, Dong-Ean Park, Jum-Sook Kang, Min-Jeong Kim, Byung-Chul Chun, and Sang-Min Lee
pages 183-189 [Summary] [PDF]

Immunogenicity and Safety of a China-Made Monovalent Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza A Vaccine in Healthcare Workers in Guangzhou, China

Yangqing Zhan, Zifeng Yang, Lianna Li, Dan Ye,Huiyan Wu,Renzhen Fu, Suishan Zhao, Yutao Wang, Rong Zhou, and Rongchang Chen
pages 190-194 [Summary] [PDF]

Genetic Analysis and Phylogenetic Characterization of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Viruses that Found in Nagasaki, Japan

Hiroaki Kawano, Takahiro Haruyama, Yuji Hayashi, Yoshinori Sinoda, Megumi Sonoda, and Nobuyuki Kobayashi
pages 195-203 [Summary] [PDF]

Detection of Group A Rotavirus RNA and Antigens in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid from Two Children with Clinically Mild Encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion

Chikako Arakawa, Yukihiko Fujita, Yuki Imai, Wakako Ishii, Ryutaro Kohira, Tatsuo Fuchigami, Hideo Mugishima, Hiroyuki Izumi, and Mitsutaka Kuzuya
pages 204-207 [Summary] [PDF]

Epidemiological Investigation of Measles in Sera of Healthy People in Heilongjiang Province, China

Yu-Jie Ma, Fang Bo, Zhao-Dan Sun, He Huang, Shi-Rui Gao, and Zhi-Jie An
pages 208-210 [Summary] [PDF]

Evaluation of a Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection of JC Polyomavirus DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid without Nucleic Acid Extraction

Kazuo Nakamichi, Ichiro Kurane, and Masayuki Saijo
pages 211-216 [Summary] [PDF]

First Detection of a Putative Knockdown Resistance Gene in Major Mosquito Vector, Aedes albopictus

Shinji Kasai, Lee Ching Ng, Sai Gek Lam-Phua, Choon Siang Tang, Kentaro Itokawa, Osamu Komagata, Mutsuo Kobayashi, and Takashi Tomita
pages 217-221 [Summary] [PDF]

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Five Proximal Hospitals in Taiwan

Ming- Feng Lin, Kai-Chih Chang, Chung-Yu Lan, Juiling Chou, Jai-Wei Kuo, Chih-Kai Chang, and Ming- Li Liou
pages 222-227 [Summary] [PDF]

SpeI Restriction Enzyme Displays Greater Discriminatory Power than XbaI Enzyme Does in a Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Study on 146 Clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates

Kek Heng Chua, Kah Heng See, Kwai Lin Thong, and S. D. Puthucheary
pages 228-233 [Summary] [PDF]

First Report on Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Mycobacterium setense Isolates in Asia

Hasan Shojaei, Abodolrazagh Hashemi, Parvin Heidarieh, Mohamad Mehdi Feizabadi, Behrouz Ataei, and Abass Daei Naser
pages 234-236 [Summary] [PDF]

Phylogenetic Analysis of an Off-Seasonal Influenza Virus A (H3N2) in Niigata, Japan, 2010

Clyde Dapat, Yasushi Suzuki, Miyako Kon, Tsutomu Tamura, Reiko Saito, Isolde C. Dapat, Osamu Yamazaki, Takato Odagiri, Seiichiro Fujisaki, and Hiroshi Suzuki
pages 237-241 [Summary] [PDF]

Relationship between RANTES Polymorphisms and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in a Japanese Infant Population

Satoshi Hattori, Naoki Shimojo, Yoichi Mashimo, Yuzaburo Inoue, Yasuhiko Ono, Yoichi Kohno, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Akira Hata, and Yoichi Suzuki
pages 242-245 [Summary] [PDF]

FTA Card Utility for PCR Detection of Mycobacterium leprae

Khin Saw Aye, Masanori Matsuoka, Masanori Kai, Kyaw Kyaw, Aye Aye Win, Mu Mu Shwe, Min Thein, Maung Maung Htoo, and Myo Thet Htoon
pages 246-248 [Summary] [PDF]

Prevalence of Class A and AmpC β-Lactamases in Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates from Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, Islamabad, Pakistan

Masroor Hussain, Fariha Hasan, Aamir Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Myunghwan Jung, Nabin Rayamajhi, Seung-Bin Cha, and Han Sang Yoo
pages 249-252 [Summary] [PDF]

Molecular Characterization of Rifampicin- and Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated in Kazakhstan

Ulan Kozhamkulov, Ainur Akhmetova, Saule Rakhimova, Elena Belova, Arike Alenova, Venera Bismilda, Lyailya Chingissova, Shahimurat Ismailov, Erlan Ramanculov, and Kuvat Momynaliev
pages 253-255 [Summary] [PDF]

Characterization of Splenic Cells during the Early Phase of Infection with Neuropathogenic Mouse Hepatitis Virus

Hiromi Kashiwazaki, Fumihiro Taguchi, Yuzuru Ikehara, and Rihito Watanabe
pages 256-259 [Summary] [PDF]

LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS

Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis of Hepatitis A Virus Genomes in the Three Cases of Hepatitis A Infections That Occurred in April–May 2010

Tetsuya Yoshida, Tatsuko Miyasaka, Yuka Azegami, Yurie Uchiyama, Hitomi Kasahara, Hiromi Ueda, Hiroshi Nagase, Satoru Fujita, Koji Ishii, and Mamoru Noda
pages 260-261 [Title page] [PDF]

First Detection of Measles Virus Genotype G3 in a Japanese Woman: an Imported Case

Toshimitsu Tanaka, Hajime Yokoi, Keiko Kobayashi, Haruko Iwanade, Yoshinobu Noguchi, Yoshio Mitsui, Akira Okamoto, Mika Saitoh, Masahiro Noda, Makoto Takeda, Nobuhiko Okabe, and Hirokazu Kimura
pages 262-263 [Title page] [PDF]


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