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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Evaluation of an Expanded Case Definition for Vaccine-Modified Measles in a School Outbreak in South Korea in 2010
Young June Choe, Jae Kyung Hu, Kyung Min Song, Heeyeon Cho, Hee Sook Yoon, Seung Tae Kim, Han Jung Lee, Kisoon Kim, Geun-Ryang Bae, and Jong-Koo Lee
pages 371-375 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of TREM1 Gene Expression in Circulating Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes and Its Inverse Correlation with the Severity of Pathophysiological Conditions in Patients with Acute Bacterial Infections
Tsuneyuki Ubagai, Shigeru Tansho, Ryuji Ieki, and Yasuo Ono
pages 376-382 [Summary] [PDF]
Pathological Examination of Lung Tissues in Influenza A Virus-Infected Mice
Nilton Akio Muto, Yuji Sunden, Tomoe Hattori, Daisuke Fujikura, Yosuke Nakayama, Tadaaki Miyazaki, Mitsuo Maruyama, Takashi Kimura, and Hirofumi Sawa
pages 383-391 [Summary] [PDF]
Health-Related Quality of Life and the Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Survivors
Serdar Gul, Esen Uz Gul, Murat Yesilyurt, Baris Ozturk, Ferit Kuscu, and Onder Ergonul
pages 392-395 [Summary] [PDF]
Prevalence of Immunity Presumed Using Rabies Vaccination History and Household Factors Associated with Vaccination Status among Domestic Dogs in Japan
Arata Hidano, Yoko Hayama, and Toshiyuki Tsutsui
pages 396-402 [Summary] [PDF]
Qualitative Analysis of the Perception and Acceptability of Pathogen Transport among Housewives Using Focus Group Interviews
Shigeo Iki, Itsuko Horiguchi, Mika Shigematsu, Tetsutaro Sata, and Kazuyoshi Sugiyama
pages 403-409 [Summary] [PDF]
Post-Pandemic Seroprevalence of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Shandong Province, China
Ti Liu, Zhong Li, Shaoxia Song, Shengyang Zhang, Yulu Wang, Yi Lin, Shuang Wang, Xianjun Wang, Aiqiang Xu, and Zhenqiang Bi
pages 410-414 [Summary] [PDF]
Quantification of Periodontopathic Bacteria in Saliva Using the Invader Assay
Akio Tada, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Hajime Shimizu, Kenichi Tadokoro, Kazuya Tanaka, Katsumi Kawamura, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Toru Egashira, Yoshiaki Nomura, and Nobuhiro Hanada
pages 415-423 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Patients Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in West Bengal, India
Susmita Maity, Srijita Nandi, Subrata Biswas, and Malay Kumar Saha
pages 424-426 [Summary] [PDF]
A Retrospective Study of the Extensive Eradication Program for Brucellosis Outbreaks and Control in Korea, 2002-2009
Seung-Yong Park, Tae-Jong Kim, Hachung Yoon, Joon-Young Kim, Myeong-Jin Lee, and Won-Chang Lee
pages 427-429 [Summary] [PDF]
Detection of Five Rash-Associated Viruses Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR during 2006–2011
Atsushi Kaida, Hideyuki Kubo, Jun-ichiro Sekiguchi, Minori Ohyama, Kaoru Goto, Atsushi Hase, and Nobuhiro Iritani
pages 430-432 [Summary] [PDF]
Ceftriaxone Resistance and Genes Encoding Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase among Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Species from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rina Karunakaran, Sun Tee Tay, Fairuz Fadzilah Rahim, Bee Bee Lim, I-Ching Sam, Maria Kahar-Bador, Hamimah Hassan, and Savithri Devi Puthucheary
pages 433-435 [Summary] [PDF]
Inter-Laboratory Validation and Applications of Quantitative Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Kudoa septempunctata in Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
Yoshio Iijima, Noriko Nakanishi, Hiroko Furusawa, Takahiro Ohnishi, and Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi
pages 436-438 [Summary] [PDF]
Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Catalase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus from Sputum of a Patient with Aspiration Pneumonia
Kazuki Horiuchi, Takehisa Matsumoto, Eiko Hidaka, Eriko Kasuga, Mitsutoshi Sugano, Kozue Oana, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, and Takayuki Honda
pages 439-441 [Summary] [PDF]
Does Levofloxacin Induce Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Patients Infected with Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infections?
Kenji Ohnishi and Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama
pages 442-443 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Detection of Exanthematic Viruses Using a TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay Panel in Patients with Clinically Diagnosed or Suspected Measles
Shinichi Takao, Naoki Shigemoto, Yukie Shimazu, Yukie Tanizawa, Shinji Fukuda, and Takeshi Matsuo
pages 444-448 [Title page] [PDF]
Follow-Up Survey of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection in Kumamoto Prefecture, South-West Japan: Status during 2009–2011
Eiji Konishi, Yoko Kitai, Koichi Nishimura, and Seiya Harada
pages 448-450 [Title page] [PDF]
Negative Impacts of Large Population Size and High Population Density on the Progress of Measles Elimination
Hiroshi Yoshikura
pages 450-454 [Title page] [PDF]
Identification of a G8P[14] Rotavirus Isolate Obtained from a Taiwanese Child: Evidence for a Relationship with Bovine Rotaviruses
Fang-Tzy Wu, Krisztián Bányai, Ho-Sheng Wu, Dustin Chen-Fu Yang, Jen-Shiou Lin, Chao Agnes Hsiung, Yhu-Chering Huang, Kao-Pin Hwang, Baoming Jiang, and Jon R. Gentsch
pages 455-457 [Title page] [PDF]
Isolation of an Intertypic Recombinant Human Adenovirus (Candidate Type 56) from the Pharyngeal Swab of a Patient with Pharyngoconjunctival Fever
Miki Enomoto, Teruo Okafuji, Takao Okafuji, Masatsugu Chikahira, Masami Konagaya, Nozomu Hanaoka, Arun Kumar Adhikary, Denshi Takai, Tamie Sugawara, Yoshitake Hayashi, Kazunori Oishi, and Tsuguto Fujimoto
pages 457-459 [Title page] [PDF]
Enteroviruses in Patients Experiencing Multiple Episodes of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in the Same Season in Kobe, Japan, 2011
Kyoko Akiyoshi, Tomoko Suga, and Ai Mori
pages 459-461 [Title page] [PDF]
Possible Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Crohn's Disease during Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Treatment: a Case Report and Literature Review
Takahiro Takazono, Koichi Izumikawa, Sumako Yoshioka, Nobuko Matsuo, Masaki Yamakawa, Naofumi Suyama, and Shigeru Kohno
pages 461-464 [Title page] [PDF]
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Comparison of the Adverse Events Associated with MF59-Adjuvanted and Non-Adjuvanted H1N1 Vaccines in Healthy Young Male Korean Soldiers
Se-Min Hwang, Hack-Lyoung Kim, Kyueng-Whan Min, Min Kim, Jae-Sung Lim, Jin-Man Choi, Byung-Chul Chun, Min-Jeong Kim, Sang-Min Lee, Seung-Young Kim, and Han-Ho Jeon
pages 193-197 [Summary] [PDF]
Serotype, Shiga Toxin (Stx) Type, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Stx-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Humans in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (2003–2007)
Midori Hiroi, Naomi Takahashi, Tetsuya Harada, Fumihiko Kawamori, Natsuko Iida, Takashi Kanda, Kanji Sugiyama, Norio Ohashi, Yukiko Hara-Kudo, and Takashi Masuda
pages 198-202 [Summary] [PDF]
Isolation and Identification of Escherichia albertii from a Patient in an Outbreak of Gastroenteritis
Takayuki Konno, Jun Yatsuyanagi, Shiho Takahashi, Yuko Kumagai, Eriko Wada, Machiko Chiba, and Shioko Saito
pages 203-207 [Summary] [PDF]
A Prospective Comparison of the Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza A Virus and Seasonal Influenza A Viruses in Guangzhou, South China in 2009
Zi-feng Yang, Yang-qing Zhan, Rong-chang Chen, Rong Zhou, Yu-tao Wang, Yi Luo, Mei Jiang, Ji-qiang Li, Sheng Qin, Wen-da Guan, Ke-fang Lai, Huan-lian Wen, Zeng-wei Liang, Li Li, and Nan-shan Zhong
pages 208-214 [Summary] [PDF]
Distribution of Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Viruses along the China-Myanmar Border in Yunnan Province
Yun Feng, Shihong Fu, Hailin Zhang, Minghua Li, Tao Zhou, Jinglin Wang, Yuzhen Zhang, Huanyu Wang, Qing Tang, and Guodong Liang
pages 215-221 [Summary] [PDF]
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Tsutsugamushi Disease Prevention Program in South Korea
Jinhyun Kim, Eunhee Lee, and Hae-Chun Rhee
pages 222-227 [Summary] [PDF]
A Comparative Analysis of Meropenem and Doripenem in Febrile Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: a Single-Center Retrospective Study
Takashi Toya, Yasuhito Nannya, Kensuke Narukawa, Motoshi Ichikawa, and Mineo Kurokawa
pages 228-232 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Epidemiology of a Major Subgroup of Arthroderma benhamiae Isolated in Japan by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Non-Transcribed Spacer Region of Ribosomal RNA Gene
Kiminobu Takeda, Akiko Nishibu, Kazushi Anzawa, and Takashi Mochizuki
pages 233-239 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
In Vitro Activity of Linezolid against Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Strains from Beijing, China
Caie Yang, Hong Lei, Di Wang, Xianghong Meng, Jufang He, Aihua Tong, Lei Zhu, Ying Jiang, and Mei Dong
pages 240-242 [Summary] [PDF]
Preliminary Evaluation of Insecticide-Impregnated Ceiling Nets with Coarse Mesh Size as a Barrier against the Invasion of Malaria Vectors
Hitoshi Kawada, Gabriel O. Dida, Kazunori Ohashi, George Sonye, Sammy M. Njenga, Charles Mwandawiro, Noboru Minakawa, and Masahiro Takagi
pages 243-246 [Summary] [PDF]
A Rapid Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Targeting hspX for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Aixiao Bi, Chie Nakajima, Yukari Fukushima, Aki Tamaru, Isamu Sugawara, Akio Kimura, Ryuji Kawahara, Zhongyi Hu, and Yasuhiko Suzuki
pages 247-251 [Summary] [PDF]
Evaluation of Transferability of R-Plasmid in Bacteriocin-Producing Donors to Bacteriocin-Resistant Recipients
Masaru Usui, Mototaka Hiki, Koichi Murakami, Manao Ozawa, Hidetaka Nagai, and Tetsuo Asai
pages 252-255 [Summary] [PDF]
First Report of Class 1 and Class 2 Integrons in Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Northwest Iran
Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee, Nastaran Langarizadeh, and Mohammad Aghazadeh
pages 256-259 [Summary] [PDF]
A Molecular Epidemiologic Study of Human Adenovirus Type 8 Isolates Causing Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Kawasaki City, Japan in 2011
Tsuguto Fujimoto, Yuki Matsushima, Hideaki Shimizu, Yoko Ishimaru, Atsuko Kano, Etsuko Nakajima, Arun Kumar Adhikary, Nozomu Hanaoka, and Nobuhiko Okabe
pages 260-263 [Summary] [PDF]
Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and the Indicator of Decreased Ciprofloxacin Susceptibility of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolated from Dhulikhel Hospital, Nepal
Dhruba Acharya, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, Surendra Kumar Madhup, and Sunee Korbsrisate
pages 264-267 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Imported Cases of Measles in Niigata, Japan in 2011
Kanako Watanabe, Kaori Watanabe, Takashi Tazawa, Miyako Kon, Tsutomu Tamura, and Katsuhiro Komase
pages 268-270 [Title page] [PDF]
Detection of Human Coronavirus NL63 and OC43 in Children with Acute Respiratory Infections in Niigata, Japan, between 2010 and 2011
Miyako Kon, Kaori Watanabe, Takashi Tazawa, Kanako Watanabe, Tsutomu Tamura, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Masahiro Noda, Hirokazu Kimura, and Katsumi Mizuta
pages 270-272 [Title page] [PDF]
A Case of Urethritis Caused by Human Adenovirus Type 56
Satoshi Hiroi, Keiichi Furubayashi, Takuya Kawahata, Saeko Morikawa, and Tetsuo Kase
pages 273-274 [Title page] [PDF]
Vertical Transmission of Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti Collected in Surabaya, Indonesia, during 2008–2011
Kris Cahyo Mulyatno, Atsushi Yamanaka, Subagyo Yotopranoto, and Eiji Konish
pages 274-276 [Title page] [PDF]
Shigella sonnei Outbreak among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Tokyo
Michio Okame, Eisuke Adachi, Hidenori Sato, Shoichi Shimizu, Tadashi Kikuchi, Naoko Miyazaki, Michiko Koga, Hitomi Nakamura, Masato Suzuki, Naoki Oyaizu, Takeshi Fujii, Aikichi Iwamoto, and Tomohiko Koibuchi
pages 277-278 [Title page] [PDF]
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REVIEW
On Case-Fatality Rate: Review and Hypothesis
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Detection and Serotyping of Human Adenoviruses from Patients with Influenza-Like Illness in Mongolia
Kentaro Tohma, Namuuntsetsegiin Bayasgalan, Akira Suzuki, Badarchiin Darma, Hitoshi Oshitani, and Pagbajabyn Nymadawa
pages 289-294 [Summary] [PDF]
Effect of Climatic Conditions on Epidemic Patterns of Influenza in Okinawa, Japan, during the Pandemic of 2009: Surveillance of Rapid Antigen Test Results
Yoshikazu Iha, Futoshi Higa, Satoko Sunagawa, Masamitsu Naka, Haley L. Cash, Kazuya Miyagi, Shusaku Haranaga, Masao Tateyama, Tsukasa Uno, and Jiro Fujita
pages 295-300 [Summary] [PDF]
Incidence of Intussusception as Studied from a Hospital-Based Retrospective Survey over a 10-Year Period (2001–2010) in Akita Prefecture, Japan
Atsuko Noguchi, Toyoko Nakagomi, Shigeru Kimura, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kenichi Matsuno, Hiromi Koizumi, Arata Watanabe, Hiroo Noguchi, Tadahiko Ito, Mihoko Ohtsuka, Naoya Uemura, Osamu Takeda, Akira Komatsu, Wataru Kikuchi, Masaki Komatsu, Hiroshi Fukaya, Shinobu Miura, Hiroyuki Toda, Osamu Nakagomi, and Tsutomu Takahashi
pages 301-305 [Summary] [PDF]
Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in BACTEC MGIT960 Cultures by In-House Loop-Medicated Isothermal Amplification
Janisara Rudeeaneksin, Supranee Bunchoo, Sopa Srisungngam, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Sawet Chamnangrom, Atipa Kamolwat, Porntip Thanasripakdeekul, Tooru Taniguchi, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki, and Benjawan Phetsuksiri
pages 306-311 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
An Unusual Case of Fatal Pericarditis due to Listeria monocytogenes
Mélanie Delvallée, Nicolas Ettahar, Caroline Loïez, Christophe Decoene, René Courcol, and Frédéric Wallet
pages 312-314 [Summary] [PDF]
PCR-Based Detection of Leishmania DNA in Skin Samples of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients from an Endemic Area of Bangladesh
Syeda Anjuman Nasreen, Md Akram Hossain, Shyamal Kumar Paul, Md Chand Mahmud, Salma Ahmed, Souvik Ghosh, and Nobumichi Kobayashi
pages 315-317 [Summary] [PDF]
Nosocomial Infections in the General Pediatric Wards of a Hospital in Turkey
İsmail Balaban, Gönül Tanır, Özge Metin Timur, Fatma Nur Öz, Türkan Aydın Teke, Gülsüm İclal Bayhan, Nejla Sözak, and Neşe Göl
pages 318-321 [Summary] [PDF]
Relationship between stx Genotype and Stx2 Expression Level in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Strains
Kimiko Kawano, Hidetoshi Ono, Osamu Iwashita, Mai Kurogi, Takeshi Haga, Ken Maeda, and Yoshitaka Goto
pages 322-325 [Summary] [PDF]
A Superior Test for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Resource-Limited Settings
Darunee Chotiprasitsakul, Tavan Janvilisri, Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, Siriorn Watcharananun, Surang Chankhamhaengdecha, Piyapong Hadpanus, and Kumthorn Malathum
pages 326-329 [Summary] [PDF]
Seasonal Patterns of Legionellosis in Saitama, 2005–2009
Yukie Ozeki, Fumiya Yamada, Akinobu Saito, Tsuyoshi Kishimoto, Sakiko Tanno, and Yosikazu Nakamura
pages 330-333 [Summary] [PDF]
Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus Proviral DNA Not Detected in Blood Samples Donated in Japan
Chieko Matsumoto, Masashi Igarashi, Rika A. Furuta, Shigeharu Uchida, Masahiro Satake, and Kenji Tadokoro
pages 334-336 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus from 2009 to 2011 in Okinawa, Japan
Minoru Nidaira, Katsuya Taira, Hirotsune Hamabata, Tatsuyoshi Kawaki, Kazuo Gushi, Youko Mahoe, Noriyuki Maeshiro, Yasuhito Azama, Shou Okano, Hisako Kyan, Jun Kudaka, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Masahiro Noda, and Hirokazu Kimura
pages 337-340 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mie Prefecture, Japan, Using Variable Numbers of Tandem Repeats Analysis
Yuhki Nagai, Yoshito Iwade, Eri Hayakawa, Manabu Nakano, Takashi Sakai, Masamichi Tanuma, Masahiko Katayama, Tetsuya Nosaka, and Tetsuo Yamaguchi
pages 341-344 [Summary] [PDF]
Double Oral Administration of Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Prior to Virus Exposure Protects against Highly Pathogenic Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Macaques
Tadashi Nakasone, Tsutomu Murakami, and Naoki Yamamoto
pages 345-349 [Summary] [PDF]
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORT
Gender Differences in Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection in a Population with Schistosomiasis in Rural China
Bishi Fu, Rongge Yang, Fan Xia, Baolin Li, Xinxing Ouyang, Shou-Jiang Gao, and Linding Wang
pages 350-353 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Geo-Demographic Factors Affecting Incidence of Measles
Hiroshi Yoshikura
pages 354-358 [Title page] [PDF]
Occurrence of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Accessible Water Sources of Cholera Endemic Foci in India
Prasenjit Batabyal, Subham Mookerjee, and Anup Palit
pages 358-360 [Title page] [PDF]
Log-Log Plot Analysis of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Severity in Beijing,2009–2010
Lei Jia, Quanyi Wang, Changying Lin, and Xinyu Li
pages 360-362 [Title page] [PDF]
Molecular Analysis of Genome of the Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 Virus Associated with Fatal Infections in Gunma, Tochigi, Yamagata, and Yamaguchi Prefectures in Japan during the First Pandemic Wave
Masatsugu Obuchi, Shoichi Toda, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Teruko Oogane, Chieko Abiko, Keiji Funatogawa, Katsumi Mizuta, Komei Shirabe, Kunihisa Kozawa, Masahiro Noda, Hirokazu Kimura, and Masato Tashiro
pages 363-367 [Title page] [PDF]
An Outbreak of Exanthematous Disease due to Coxsackievirus A9 in a Nursery in Yamagata, Japan, from February to March 2012
Yoko Aoki, Akiko Abe, Tatsuya Ikeda, Chieko Abiko, Katsumi Mizuta, Ichiro Yamaguchi, and Tadayuki Ahiko
pages 367-369 [Title page] [PDF]
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Adverse Events following Immunization (AEFI) with the Novel Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine: Findings from the National Registry of All Vaccine Receipients and AEFI and the Passive Surveillance System in South Korea
Jong-Hee Kim, Hee-Yeon Cho, Karen A. Hennessey, Hoan Jong Lee, Geun Ryang Bae, and Hyeon Chang Kim
Viral Shedding of 2009 Pandemic H1N1 and Evaluation of Quarantine Recommendations
Bum Sik Chin, Yun Tae Chae, Hee Kyung Choi, Ji-Hyeon Baek, Sung Joon Jin, So Youn Shin, Sang Hoon Han, Jun Yong Choi, Chang Oh Kim, Young Goo Song, Seok Hoon Jeong, and June Myung Kim
pages 105-110 [Summary] [PDF]
An Enrichment Medium for Increasing a Very Small Number of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Cells to the Detection Limit of the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay
Mitsugu Yamazaki, Hidemi Aoki, Yoshito Iwade, Masakado Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Yamada, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Masahiro Suzuki, Reiji Hiramatsu, and Hiroko Minagawa
pages 111-116 [Summary] [PDF]
Antimicrobial Resistance in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 and O26 Isolates from Beef Cattle
Yoshimasa Sasaki, Masaru Usui, Mariko Murakami, Mika Haruna, Akemi Kojima, Tetsuo Asai, and Yukiko Yamada
pages 117-121 [Summary] [PDF]
Prevalence of β-Lactamase-Negative Ampicillin-Resistant Haemophilus influenzae Isolated from Patients of a Teaching Hospital in Thailand
Aroonlug Lulitanond, Aroonwadee Chanawong, Keskaew Pienthaweechai, Pipat Sribenjalux, Ratree Tavichakorntrakool, Chotechana Wilailuckana, Pirom Puang-Ngern, and Pairshompoo Saetung
pages 122-125 [Summary] [PDF]
12-Methyltetradecanoic Acid, a Branched-Chain Fatty Acid, Represses the Extracellular Production of Surfactants Required for Swarming Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Tetsuyoshi Inoue, Teruo Kuroda, and Naoya Ohara
pages 126-131 [Summary] [PDF]
Case-Based Surveillance of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Maebashi City, Japan
Characterization of the Monoclonal Antibody Response to Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in the Complexed and Uncomplexed Forms
Haiyang Zhao, Keiji Nakamura, Tomoko Kohda, Masafumi Mukamoto, and Shunji Kozaki
pages 138-145 [Summary] [PDF]
Alterations in Bacterial Spectrum and Increasing Resistance Rates in Isolated Microorganisms from Device-Associated Infections in an Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital in Istanbul (2004–2010)
Asuman Inan, Asu Ozgultekin, Seniha Senbayrak Akcay, Derya Ozturk Engin, Guldem Turan, Nurgul Ceran, Emine Dincer, Sebahat Aksaray, Pasa Goktas, and Ilknur Erdem
pages 146-151 [Summary] [PDF]
Natural Infection of Plasmodium falciparum Induces Inhibitory Antibodies against Gametocyte Development in Human Hosts
Natda Tonwong, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Takafumi Tsuboi, Hideyuki Iriko, Satoru Takeo, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, and Rachanee Udomsangpetch
pages 152-156 [Summary] [PDF]
Analysis of Hospital-Based Sentinel Surveillance Data on Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka, 2005–2008
Chandika D. Gamage, Jagath Amarasekera, Paba Palihawadana, Sudath Samaraweera, Devika Mendis, Navaratnasingam Janakan, Romeo B. Lee, Yoshihide Obayashi, and Hiko Tamashiro
pages 157-161 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Molecular Epidemiology of an Outbreak of Imipenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Carrying the ISAba1-blaOXA-51-like Genes in a Korean Hospital
Bidur Prasad Chaulagain, Sook Jin Jang, Gyun Yeol Ahn, So Yeon Ryu, Dong Min Kim, Geon Park, Won Yong Kim, Jong Hee Shin, Joong Ki Kook, Seong-Ho Kang, Dae Soo Moon, and Young Jin Park
pages 162-166 [Summary] [PDF]
Isolation and Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii Genotypes from Goats at an Abattoir in Okinawa
Hisako Kyan, Masakatsu Taira, Asaka Yamamoto, Chie Inaba, and Satoshi Zakimi
pages 167-170 [Summary] [PDF]
Phenotypic and PCR-Based Identification of Bacterial Strains Isolated from Patients with Suspected Streptococcus suis Infection in Northern Thailand
Le Hong Thuy Tien, Naoya Sugiyama, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Prasit Tharavichitkul, and Ro Osawa
pages 171-174 [Summary] [PDF]
Epidemiological and Microbiological Analysis of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from a Japanese Hospital
Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Itaru Nakamura, Katsumi Chiba, and Tetsuya Matsumoto
pages 175-178 [Summary] [PDF]
Genetic Structure of Ascaris Roundworm in Japan and Patterns of Its Geographical Variation
Viliam Šnábel, Kensuke Taira, Serena Cavallero, Stefano D'Amelio, Petra Rudohradská, and Yasuhide Saitoh
pages 179-183 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Fatal Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients from a Novel ST239 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 Gene in Krasnoyarsk, Siberian Russia
Yasuhisa Iwao, Olga E. Khokhlova, Tomomi Takano, Wei-Chun Hung, Hirokazu Isobe, Olga V. Peryanova, Alla B. Salmina, and Tatsuo Yamamoto
pages 184-186 [Title page] [PDF]
Parameters That Characterize Different Food-Poisoning Outbreaks
Hiroshi Yoshikura
pages 187-191 [Title page] [PDF]
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Chlamydial Infections in Term and Preterm Neonates
Cigdem Bekler, Nilgun Kultursay, Tijen Ozacar, Arzu Sayiner, Mehmet Yalaz, and Mete Akisu
pages 1-6 [Summary] [PDF]
Oxacillin or Cefalotin Treatment of Hospitalized Children with Cellulitis
Ângela Gomes de Vasconcellos, Renata Dórea Leal, Anníbal Silvany-Neto, and Cristiana Maria Nascimento-Carvalho
pages 7-12 [Summary] [PDF]
Seroprevalence following the First Wave of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Turkey, 2009
Ayşegül Gözalan, Ayşe Başak Altaş, Funda Sevencan, Levent Akın, Gülay Korukluoğlu, Şükran Kara, Demet Furkan Sevindi, Mustafa Ertek, and Study Group
pages 13-18 [Summary] [PDF]
Newly Established Monoclonal Antibodies for Immunological Detection of H5N1 Influenza Virus
Kazuo Ohnishi, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Naoko Kono, Noriko Nakajima, Fuminori Mizukoshi, Shuhei Misawa, Takuya Yamamoto, Yu-ya Mitsuki, Shu-ichi Fu, Nakami Hirayama, Masamichi Ohshima, Manabu Ato, Tsutomu Kageyama, Takato Odagiri, Masato Tashiro, Kazuo Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Itamura, and Yasuko Tsunetsugu-Yokota
pages 19-27 [Summary] [PDF]
Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections and Predictive Factors of Mortality among HIV-Infected Adult Patients in Thailand in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, Siripen Watcharatipagorn, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, and Pitak Santanirand
pages 28-32 [Summary] [PDF]
Active Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with the BD GeneOhm MRSATM Assay in a Respiratory Ward in Nagasaki, Japan
Koichi Izumikawa, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Takayoshi Kiya, Junichi Matsuda, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Shintaro Kurihara, Shigeki Nakamura, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Tomoya Nishino, Misuzu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Kakeya, Akira Yasuoka, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shimeru Kamihira, and Shigeru Kohno
pages 33-36 [Summary] [PDF]
Neuroanatomical Distribution of Disease-Associated Prion Protein in Experimental Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Cattle after Intracerebral Inoculation
Shigeo Fukuda, Sadao Onoe, Satoshi Nikaido, Kei Fujii, Soichi Kageyama, Yoshifumi Iwamaru, Morikazu Imamura, Kentaro Masujin, Yuichi Matsuura, Yoshihisa Shimizu, Kazuo Kasai, Miyako Yoshioka, Yuichi Murayama, Shirou Mohri, Takashi Yokoyama, and Hiroyuki Okada
pages 37-44 [Summary] [PDF]
An Investigation into a Measles Outbreak in Southeast Iran
Shahrokh Izadi, Seyed-Mohsen Zahraie, and Majid Sartipi
pages 45-51 [Summary] [PDF]
SNP Genotypes of Mycobacterium leprae Isolates in Thailand and Their Combination with rpoT and TTC Genotyping for Analysis of Leprosy Distribution and Transmission
Benjawan Phetsuksiri, Sopa Srisungngam, Janisara Rudeeaneksin, Supranee Bunchoo, Atchariya Lukebua, Ruch Wongtrungkapun, Soontara Paitoon, Rama Murthy Sakamuri, Patrick J Brennan, and Varalakshmi Vissa
pages 52-56 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Healthcare-Associated Risk Factors of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization among Outpatients Undergoing Hemodialysis
Sae Yoon Kee, Cheong Won Park, Ji Eun Lee, Young Joo Kwon, Heui Jung Pyo, Western Dialysis Physical Association, Woo Joo Kim, and Hee Jin Cheong
pages 57-60 [Summary] [PDF]
Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension Associated with Didanosine: a Case Report and Literature Review
Hui-Min Chang, Hung-Chin Tsai, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Shue-Ren Wann, and Yao-Shen Chen
pages 61-65 [Summary] [PDF]
Mortality Attributable to Carbapenem-Resistant Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in a Turkish University Hospital
Hande Aydemir, Guven Celebi, Nihal Piskin, Nefise Oztoprak, Aysegul Seremet Keskin, Elif Aktas, Vildan Sumbuloglu, and Deniz Akduman
pages 66-71 [Summary] [PDF]
Influence of Lineage-Specific Amino Acid Dimorphisms in GyrA on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Fluoroquinolones
Hyun Kim, Chie Nakajima, Youn Uck Kim, Kazumasa Yokoyama, and Yasuhiko Suzuki
pages 72-74 [Summary] [PDF]
Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, and Related High-Risk Behaviors among Female Sex Workers in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China
Bang-Yong Zhu, Jin Bu, Pei-Yong Huang, Zhi-Guang Zhou, Yue-Ping Yin, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Wan-Hui Wei, Ming-Ying Zhong, Hong-Chun Wang, Hong Wang, and Quan Gan
pages 75-78 [Summary] [PDF]
Detection and Characterization of p44/msp2 Transcript Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Naturally Infected Ticks and Wild Deer in Japan
Gaowa, Wuritu, Dongxing Wu, Yuko Yoshikawa, Norio Ohashi, Fumihiko Kawamori, Kanji Sugiyama, Masayoshi Ohtake, Masataka Ohashi, Seigo Yamamoto, Tomokazu Kitano, Nobuhiro Takada, and Hiroki Kawabata
pages 79-83 [Summary] [PDF]
In Vitro Combination Effects of Aztreonam and Aminoglycoside against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan
Hideki Araoka, Masaru Baba, Kazuhiro Tateda, Yoshikazu Ishii, Toyoko Oguri, Katsuko Okuzumi, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Shinichiro Mori, Toshihiro Mitsuda, Kyoji Moriya, Yoshitaka Nakamori, Norio Ohmagari, Keizo Yamaguchi, Akiko Yoneyama, and ABX Combination Therapy Study Group
pages 84-87 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
Relation between Measles Incidence and Population Size under the Advanced Vaccine Program
Hiroshi Yoshikura
pages 88-91 [Title page] [PDF][Author's correction]
Primary Isolation and Phylogenetic Studies of Chikungunya Virus from Surabaya, Indonesia
Kris C. Mulyatno, Helen Susilowati, Atsushi Yamanaka, Soegeng Soegijanto, and Eiji Konishi
pages 92-94 [Title page] [PDF]
An Isolated Incidence of Rubella Outbreak at a Workplace in Hokkaido, Japan
Masahiro Miyoshi, Rika Komagome, Hideki Nagano, Kenichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Koba, Yumiko Kaneko, Yasuko Watanabe, Fumiaki Suzuki, Takashi Hiroshima, Ichiro Aida, Sayaka Kitamura, Naosuke Saji, Ryo Yamaguchi, and Motohiko Okano
pages 94-97 [Title page] [PDF]
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Vol. 64 No. 6, P. 451-539, 2011
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Increase of Apoptosis in a Murine Model for Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia during Influenza A Virus Infection
Kosuke Kosai, Masafumi Seki, Akitaka Tanaka, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Yoshifumi Imamura, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kazunori Tomono, and Shigeru Kohno
pages 451-457 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Epidemiology of Trichophyton tonsurans Strains Isolated in Japan between 2006 and 2010 and Their Susceptibility to Oral Antimycotics
Kazushi Anzawa, Takashi Mochizuki, Akiko Nishibu, Hiroshi Ishizaki, Katsuhiko Kamei, Yoko Takahashi, Machiko Fujihiro, and Hidekazu Shinoda
pages 458-462 [Summary] [PDF]
Gene Expression Analysis of Host Innate Immune Responses in the Central Nervous System following Lethal CVS-11 Infection in Mice
Naoko Sugiura, Akihiko Uda, Satoshi Inoue, Daisuke Kojima, Noriko Hamamoto, Yoshihiro Kaku, Akiko Okutani, Akira Noguchi, Chun-Ho Park, and Akio Yamada
pages 463-472 [Summary] [PDF]
Geographic Trends and Spread of the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Metropolitan Areas of Japan Studied from the National Sentinel Data
Shinako Inaida, Yoshinori Yasui, Yuki Tada, Kiyosu Taniguchi, and Nobuhiko Okabe
pages 473-481 [Summary] [PDF]
Rotavirus-Associated Acute Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations among Japanese Children Aged <5 Years: Active Rotavirus Surveillance in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Hajime Kamiya, Takashi Nakano, Hitoshi Kamiya, Akiko Yui, Koki Taniguchi, and Umesh Parashar, for the Rotavirus Epidemiology Study Group
pages 482-487 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Rhinovirus C in Patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Osaka City, Japan
Atsushi Kaida, Hideyuki Kubo, Koh-Ichi Takakura, Masao Togawa, Masashi Shiomi, Urara Kohdera, and Nobuhiro Iritani
pages 488-492 [Summary] [PDF]
Molecular Characterization of Human Adenovirus Type 8 (HAdV-8), including a Novel Genome Type Detected in Japan
Arun Kumar Adhikary, Urmila Banik, Nobuhiko Okabe, and Tsuguto Fujimoto
pages 493-498 [Summary] [PDF]
Receptor-Independent Infection by Mutant Viruses Newly Isolated from the Neuropathogenic Mouse Hepatitis Virus srr7 Detected through a Combination of Spinoculation and Ultraviolet Radiation
Risa Nomura, Hiromi Kashiwazaki, Masatoshi Kakizaki, Shutoku Matsuyama, Fumihiro Taguchi, and Rihito Watanabe
pages 499-505 [Summary] [PDF]
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Syphilis Seroprevalence among Patients Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in West Bengal, India
Susmita Maity, Somesh Chandra Bhunia, Subrata Biswas, and Malay Kumar Saha
pages 506-508 [Summary] [PDF]
Efficacy and Safety of Linezolid in the Treatment of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Shen-Jie Tang, Qing Zhang, Lin-Hai Zeng, Hua Sun, Jin Gu, Xiao-Hui Hao, Yi-Dian Liu, Lan Yao, and He-Ping Xiao
pages 509-512 [Summary] [PDF]
Retrospective Study of Extensive Vaccination Programs for Canine Rabies Control and Public Health in Korea
Yi-Seok Joo, Joo-Ho Lee, Kyoung-Ki Lee, Hyeong-Ae Bang, and Won-Chang Lee
pages 513-515 [Summary] [PDF]
A Serological Diagnostic Survey for Brucella canis Infection in Turkish Patients with Brucellosis-Like Symptoms
Murat Sayan, Sevil Erdenliğ, Judy Stack, Selçuk Kılıç, Hüseyin Güdücüoğlu, Yavuz Aksoy, Ayhan Baklan, and Nilay Etiler
pages 516-519 [Summary] [PDF]
Clinical Characteristics, Antimicrobial Susceptibilities, and Outcomes of Patients with Chryseobacterium indologenes Bacteremia in an Intensive Care Unit
Deng-Wei Chou, Shu-Ling Wu, Chao-Tai Lee, Fan-Ting Tai, and Wen-Liang Yu
pages 520-524 [Summary] [PDF]
Acute Q Fever Presenting as Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Pneumonia, and Acalculous Cholecystitis and Masquerading as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Hepatitis C Viral Infections
Chen-Hsiang Lee, Seng-Kee Chuah, Sung-Nan Pei, and Jien-Wei Liu
pages 525-527 [Summary] [PDF]
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORT
Prevalence of Antibodies against Enterovirus 71 in Children from Lu'an City in Central China
Haiyang Yu, Mingli Wang, Hongwei Chang, Jie Lu, Baojing Lu, Jingpei Li, Wei Chen, Renshu Tang, Lin Gan, Jun Zhao, Boyu Liu, and Jason Chen
pages 528-532 [Summary] [PDF]
LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS
High Incidence of Human Echovirus Type 3 among Children in Osaka, Japan during the Summer of 2010
Jun-ichiro Sekiguchi, Hideyuki Kubo, Atsushi Kaida, Koh-Ichi Takakura, Kaoru Goto, Atsushi Hase, and Nobuhiro Iritani
pages 533-535 [Title page] [PDF]
Genetic Analysis of Human Adenovirus Type 54 Detected in Osaka, Japan
Satoshi Hiroi, Naoko Koike, Tetsuya Nishimura, Kazuo Takahashi, Saeko Morikawa, and Tetsuo Kase
pages 535-537 [Title page] [PDF]
Very High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 6 Variants in Southern Vietnam: Large-Scale Survey Based on Sequence Determination
Van H. Pham, Huyen D. P. Nguyen, Phat T. Ho, Dien V. Banh, Hoa L. T. Pham, Phiet H. Pham, Ling Lu, and Kenji Abe
pages 537-539 [Title page] [PDF]