Seroprevalence of a novel influenza A (H3N2) variant virus in the Japanese population.

abstract：:For national regulatory testing in Japan, the Lowry method is used for the determination of total protein content in vaccines. However, many substances are known to interfere with the Lowry method, rendering accurate estimation of protein content difficult. To accurately determine the total protein content in vaccines...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kusunoki H,Okuma K,Hamaguchi I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the prevalence of Providencia spp. strains among children with diarrhea in Japan. We developed a Providencia genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, and the specificity and sensitivity was evaluated to be 100% with various bacterial strains including 7 genera and 13 spe...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Shima A,Hinenoya A,Asakura M,Nagita A,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable incidence rates of rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalizations have been reported in Japan. However, it is not known whether the observed regional differences were due to the real difference in the occurrence of severe disease or other causes. This study aimed to determine the incidence rates of rotavirus hosp...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Noguchi A,Ito H,Miura S,Fujii Y,Katayama K,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Takahashi T

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), which determines the genomic relatedness of isolates, is currently used for the epidemiological investigation of infectious agents such as bacteria. In particular, this method has been used for the epidemiological investigation of Legionella outbreaks. However, it takes 4 days ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Chang B,Amemura-Maekawa J,Watanabe H

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical entities ranging from asymptomatic carriage to severe forms of chronic hepatitis. In Egypt, HCV infection has been shown to be highly prevalent. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and significance of anti-HCV IgM in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： el-Gohary A,Hosny AM,Fawaz N,Heiba A,Abdalla E,Kawano F,Kiyokawa T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten of 140 patients (7.1%) showed negative results on a QFT-2G test. The 10 patients consisted of seven males and three females (mean age: 66.0 years old). Three of the 10 patients had no clinical symptoms and no underlying diseases. They showed negative results on the QFT-2G test repeatedly within 1 month and a negat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kobashi Y,Shimizu H,Ohue Y,Mouri K,Obase Y,Miyashita N,Oka M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an essential factor for cervical carcinoma and its precancerous lesions. There are differences in HPV distribution among different countries, regions and ethnic groups. The aim of this research was to reveal the epidemiological characteristics of HPV in...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yan L,Yang J,Long X,Zhou D

更新日期：2020-11-30 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：: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：:The findings of this study revealed a 22% prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Japan; the prevalence tended to increase with age. We identified attendance at day-care facilities and the presence of older siblings as the major risk factors associated with pneumococcal carriage. A significant...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ueno M,Ishii Y,Tateda K,Anahara Y,Ebata A,Iida M,Inamura S,Takahata K,Suzuki Y,Chang B,Wada A,Sugita M,Tanaka T,Nishiwaki Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the biological effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) rtA181T/sW172* point mutation on HBsAg secretion and the potential mechanisms involved in hepatocarcinogenesis. Full-length HBV wild type (wt) and HBV rtA181T/sW172* expression plasmids were transfected into HepG2 cell lines or were injected into C57BL/6...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Zheng J,Jiang S,Lu F

更新日期：2016-07-22 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

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：:We investigated the linezolid susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from a tertiary care hospital in Izmir. A total of 67 M. tuberculosis strains (33 multidrug-resistant [MDR] and 34 non-MDR) were isolated and identified by the Tuberculosis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Mi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ermertcan S,Hosgor-Limoncu M,Erac B,Tasli H,Cavusoglu C,Bozkurt H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical analysis of cases of bacteremia is valuable. However, limited data on bacteremia are available in Vietnam. We conducted a single-center retrospective surveillance study at the Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam between 2009 and 2012. In total, 45,366 blood cultures were analyzed. The number of blood cultur...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Takeshita N,Anh NQ,Phuong DM,Thanh DV,Thuy PP,Huong MTL,Takahashi M,Ohmagari N

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a child with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) presumably infected with CCHF virus from her 27-year-old mother is described. The mother with CCHF was treated with ribavirin and did not present with any symptoms of obvious hemorrhage. The child developed fever on the 5th day after the mother's onset. T...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Saijo M,Tang Q,Shimayi B,Han L,Zhang Y,Asiguma M,Tianshu D,Maeda A,Kurane I,Morikawa S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced a case of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) due to infection after maternal antibody conversion with vaccine. The mother was immunized with rubella vaccine at 14 years of age, and was confirmed as having rubella-specific hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody at the 1:16 level both at ages 26 and 30 ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ushida M,Katow S,Furukawa S

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Understanding the local factors influencing the transmission of communicable diseases is important to minimize social damage. The aim of this study was to investigate local factors influencing seasonal influenza epidemics in Aomori prefecture consisting of 6 regions, i.e., Seihoku, Chunan, and Tosei on the west side, ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Seike I,Saito N,Saito S,Itoga M,Kayaba H

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative bacterium which is associated with severe infections in humans. We experienced two cases of sucrose-fermenting V. vulnificus infection. The causative agents in both cases were unidentifiable by conventional identification systems because of their unique characteristics, and sequenc...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nagao M,Shimizu Y,Kawada Y,Baba H,Yamada K,Torii K,Ohta M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used for treating human immunodeficiency viral (HIV) infections. Hypersensitivity reactions such as skin eruptions caused by ABC are well-known, but rarely occur in Asians. Raltegravir (RAL) is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor, that is...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Suzuki A,Uehara Y,Saita M,Inui A,Isonuma H,Naito T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgender people are at a high risk for sexually transmitted viruses such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Moreover, Indonesia has a moderate-to-high rate of HBV infection and rapid epidemic growth of HIV infection; hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can co-occur with HBV and HIV inf...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Hadikusumo AA,Utsumi T,Amin M,Khairunisa SQ,Istimagfirah A,Wahyuni RM,Lusida MI,Soetjipto,Rianto E,Juniastuti,Hayashi Y

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrogen test or the endotoxin test has been playing a crucial role in detecting endotoxin in parenteral drugs. The current test methods, however, have disadvantages such as requiring a relatively high number of animals or an inadequacy in direct evaluation of in vivo activity. We made an attempt to establish a new...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ochiai M,Kataoka M,Toyoizumi H,Yamamoto A,Horiuchi Y

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical mastitis (SCM) is regarded as both a problem for dairy producers and a threat to human health worldwide owing to the potential bacterial contamination of milk and dairy products, particularly those made from raw milk. In the present study, we isolated Escherichia coli from 14 (9.3%) SCM milk samples. We se...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ombarak RA,Zayda MG,Awasthi SP,Hinenoya A,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2019-09-19 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：:The prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae among HIV-positive patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains unclear. We investigated 300 HIV-positive adults (200 with CAP and 100 with no respiratory illness) and 75 HIV-negative adults with CAP for the prevalence of respiratory pathogens using culture and serol...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Shankar EM,Kumarasamy N,Vignesh R,Balakrishnan P,Solomon SS,Murugavel KG,Saravanan S,Velu V,Farooq SM,Hayath K,Muthu S,Solomon S,Rao UA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries, the infection related-mortality rates in children hospitalized in tertiary medical facilities, where many patients with underlying disease are also hospitalized, are uncertain. We investigated the characteristics of infectious diseases-related fatal cases in the pediatric ward of a Japanese ter...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Toda N,Hoshina T,Koga Y,Ochiai M,Kaku N,Yamamura K,Torisu H,Ihara K,Takada H,Maehara Y,Hara T

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriological analysis of 1,551 stool/rectal swabs from all age groups of diarrhea patients of different hospitals of Orissa from January 2004 to December 2006 was carried out using standard procedures. Among all enteropathogens isolated in 886 culture-positive samples, Escherichia coli constituted 75.5%, including ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Samal SK,Khuntia HK,Nanda PK,Satapathy CS,Nayak SR,Sarangi AK,Sahoo N,Pattnaik SK,Chhotray GP,Pal BB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus infections are mostly asymptomatic but can produce a mild, self-limiting acute febrile illness, dengue fever, or a life threatening severe illness, dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is associated with increased vascular permeability partly as a result of elevated levels of matrix metallop...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Leaungwutiwong P,Kelley JF,Sachair A,Jittmittraphap A,Luplertlop N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00