To see a printable version of the article in the Adobe file format, click its [PDF] link.
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]