Measles epidemiology and survey of measles immunity level among healthy population in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess immunity levels against tetanus in the areas of 26 health centers in Samsun, Antalya, and Diyarbakir in Turkey in 2000 - 2001. The study group consisted of 2,465 healthy subjects aged 6 months old or above, randomly selected from each age group in the area. Of these, a total of 2,09...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kurtoglu D,Gozalan A,Coplu N,Miyamura K,Morita M,Esen B,Akin L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kudoa septempunctata, a myxosporean parasite, was recently identified as the causative agent of food poisoning resulting from the consumption of raw olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). A single blind inter-laboratory study, involving 5 laboratories, was conducted to validate a quantitative real-time PCR assay for...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iijima Y,Nakanishi N,Furusawa H,Ohnishi T,Sugita-Konishi Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to characterize the off-seasonal influenza virus A subtype H3N2, which caused an outbreak in an elderly hospital in Niigata, Japan. Virus isolates were subtyped by the hemagglutination-inhibition test and screened for antiviral drug sensitivity by real-time PCR using cycling probe techn...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Dapat C,Suzuki Y,Kon M,Tamura T,Saito R,Dapat IC,Yamazaki O,Odagiri T,Fujisaki S,Suzuki H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong dependency of rubella and measles epidemics on population size was confirmed by 2 types of plots: the cumulative frequency distribution of number of cases per prefecture and the slope of the log-log plots of number of cases per prefecture on the y-axis vs. prefecture population size on the x-axis. These param...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yoshikura H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infections remains relatively low; nevertheless, the annual incidence of HIV-1 infection has not decreased. New infections remain a great concern, and an improved understanding of epidemiological trends is critical for public health. The env C2V3 and pol seq...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Matsumoto C,Shinohara N,Sobata R,Uchida S,Satake M,Tadokoro K

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus and diarrhea are becoming increasingly burdensome worldwide, particularly in developing countries such as India. Diabetic patients are susceptible to infection with pathogenic bacteria, particularly those causing invasive enteric infections. In this study, we observed changes in the pathophysiologica...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Koley H,Ghosh P,Sinha R,Mitra S,Mukherjee P,Howlader DR,Chaki C,Nag D

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compared the predictive performances of quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA), the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) scores, and the severity grading score (SGS) for evaluation of the disease prognosis of patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) at the...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Demirtas E,Bakir M,Buyuktuna SA,Oksuz C,Oz M,Cebecioglu K,Unlusavuran M

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:After national case-based surveillance for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) ceased on July 23, 2009, a daily case-based surveillance system was implemented in Maebashi City, Japan. All medical facilities in the city reported all patients who had positive rapid antigen tests for influenza A. When the epidemic exploded in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Tsukui S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 40 genotypes of the human papillomavirus (HPV) have been identified in cervical mucosa. In particular, HPV-16 and HPV-18 have been associated with cervical neoplasia. Squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) are precursors of cervical cancer. This study aimed to identify the HPV by genotype in SILs using ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Colín-Ferreyra MDC,Domínguez-García MV,Mendieta-Zerón H,Camarillo-Romero MDS,Pérez-Rogel M,Martínez-Madrigal M,Martínez-Pérez S,Romero-Figueroa MDS

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated two currently available rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) for Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Sofia® RSV FIA and BinaxNOW RSV Card (BinaxNOW). Between November 2017 and February 2018, 395 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from children diagnosed with acute respiratory infections. The swabs were e...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sun Y,Deng J,Qian Y,Zhu R,Wang F,Tian R,De R,Zhao L

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of polyene macrolides to treat experimental Trichosporon bloodstream infection was evaluated by histopathological examination and viable cell counts in the kidneys of infected mice. Viable cell counts on the 5th day after infection confirmed that liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) is a more effective treatm...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sasai D,Okubo Y,Ishiwatari T,Sugita T,Kaneko T,Murayama SY,Shimamura T,Shinozaki M,Hasegawa C,Mitsuda A,Tochigi N,Wakayama M,Nemoto T,Shibuya K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our report highlights a case of intracranial tuberculoma in an elderly woman with chronic discharging sinus. A 77-year-old woman had a mass lesion extending to the scalp through a chronic discharging sinus for 2 years with an intermittent, non-radiating, dull, low-grade headache. Based on our survey of central nervous...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Li L,Cheng C,Shetty R,Li S,Wu T,Zhao N

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus types 1, 2, and 3 can usually be isolated in only a short time, although occasionally it may take longer. This phenomenon has been explained empirically as being due to the viral load in the sample, although to date there has been no experimental confirmation of this. In this study we therefore tried to est...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Enomoto M,Fujimoto T,Konagaya M,Hanaoka N,Chikahira M,Taniguchi K,Okabe N

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in endemic countries is challenging due to high caseloads and limited resources. A simple and cost-effective diagnostic test for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) in clinical specimens is crucially needed. We evaluated the performance of an in-house ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Phetsuksiri B,Rudeeaneksin J,Srisungngam S,Bunchoo S,Klayut W,Nakajima C,Hamada S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a refractory disorder that needs long-term antifungal treatment and occasionally results in fatal respiratory failure and hemoptysis. However, the pathological features of the disorder have not been thoroughly delineated. Thirty cases were therefore analyzed clinically and hist...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ando T,Tochigi N,Gocho K,Moriya A,Ikushima S,Kumasaka T,Takemura T,Shibuya K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feral raccoons captured in Hokkaido, Japan were examined for the presence of rabies virus neutralizing antibody (VNA). Between 2000 to 2002, 741 serum samples were collected and then subjected to VNA titer determination by rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). Sera showing RFFIT titers of > or =1:25 have be...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Inoue S,Asano M,Motoi Y,Makino T,Yamada A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 12 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 strains were isolated during a recent outbreak in a nursery school in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. These isolates were considered to be derived from a common strain when analyzed using an IS-printing method and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. PCR analysis r...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Asano Y,Karasudani T,Tanaka H,Matsumoto J,Okada M,Nakamura K,Kondo H,Shinomiya H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the prevalence of Providencia spp. in retail meats and in stool samples from diarrheal patients in Thailand. Providencia-specific (Psp)-PCR amplification was positive for 58% (15/26) of the chicken, 64% (16/25) of the pork, and 68% (17/25) of the beef samples. Subsequently, Providenci...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Shima A,Hinenoya A,Samosornsuk W,Samosornsuk S,Mungkornkaew N,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A seventh round behavioral and serological surveillance found that the HIV epidemic had remarkably increased to 7% among intravenous drug users (IDU) in Central Bangladesh, indicating the urgent need to increase prevention. The main purposes of this study were to find out, by collecting data and the necessary informat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Mondal NI,Takaku H,Ohkusa Y,Sugawara T,Okabe N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old Japanese male farmer with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma and multiple hepatic metastases was admitted to our hospital. Blood culture results were positive on day 5, and Gram-positive rods were detected. According to the results of Ziehl-Neelsen staining and a cultured colony of this bacterium, we suspec...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yaita K,Matsunaga M,Tashiro N,Sakai Y,Masunaga K,Miyoshi H,Oshima K,Chikamatsu K,Takaki A,Mitarai S,Watanabe H

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated disease is common among men with HPV infection. A quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine has demonstrated 85.9% efficacy against HPV6/11/16/18-related, persistent (≥ 6 month) infection in a study of Japanese men aged 16-26 years old. Here, we report the results of an open-label study of ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Murata S,Takeuchi Y,Yamanaka K,Hayakawa J,Yoshida M,Yokokawa R,Wakana A,Sawata M,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), known as a nosocomial pathogen, has been isolated from community-acquired infections since the 1980s. It has been reported that there are carriers of MRSA in the community although the rate of carriers is low and the most important risk factor of community-acquired c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Erdenizmenli M,Yapar N,Senger SS,Ozdemir S,Yuce A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the capsular types of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from clinical specimens by slide agglutination serotyping (SAST) and PCR capsule typing methods. All the isolates were biotyped and their antibiotic resistance patterns also determined. Thirteen isolates of serotype b, 2 of se...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Mojgani N,Rahbar M,Taqizadeh M,Ashtiani MP,Mohammadzadeh M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and is a major public health concern in India. The trend of syphilis infection was studied in attendees aged 15-49 years in an STD clinic in West Bengal from 2004 to 2008. Blood samples were collected from 250 consecutive patients per year (a total of 1,250 samples o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Maity S,Bhunia SC,Biswas S,Saha MK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major objective of this study was to deliver vital statistics related to cholera to health authorities so as to aid in their attempt to prioritize communicable diseases in Nepal. A laboratory-based surveillance was conducted from mid-June 2008 to mid-January 2009 at the National Public Health Laboratory, Nepal. Di...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Karki R,Bhatta DR,Malla S,Dumre SP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid screen was developed for the detection of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (IRAb) following a recent outbreak in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) of a hospital in Singapore. Antimicrobial solutions of imipenem ranging from 16 mg/L to 64 mg/L were prepared in-house. Each of the antimicrobial sol...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chiew YF

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the antimicrobial susceptibility and prevalence of the blaTEM-1 and blaTEM-135 genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates obtained in Thailand. The isolates were tested using the disk diffusion method, and 100% of 370 isolates were found susceptible to cefixime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, cefepime, ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Tribuddharat C,Pongpech P,Charoenwatanachokchai A,Lokpichart S,Srifuengfung S,Sonprasert S

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic conditions may have affected the incidence of influenza during the pandemic of 2009 as well as at other times. This study evaluated the effects of climatic conditions on influenza incidence in Okinawa, a subtropical region in Japan, during the 2009 pandemic using surveillance data from rapid antigen test (...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iha Y,Higa F,Sunagawa S,Naka M,Cash HL,Miyagi K,Haranaga S,Tateyama M,Uno T,Fujita J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the beginning of Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, poliomyelitis cases caused by wild poliovirus (PV) have been drastically reduced, with only 74 cases reported in 2 endemic countries in 2015. The current limited PV transmission suggests that we are in the endgame of the polio eradication program. How...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Arita M

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most commonly encountered infections in childhood. It has been demonstrated that the preputial sac can act as a reservoir of organisms and is thus responsible for causing ascending UTIs. This study was performed to determine the presence of preputial flora in different age g...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Agartan CA,Kaya DA,Ozturk CE,Gulcan A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00