Susceptibility of the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti (Diptera: Psychodidae) to insecticides in endemic areas of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India.

abstract：:This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to investigate the incidence of rotavirus and enteric bacterial infections among children up to 5 years old with diarrhea living in suburban and rural areas of Kenya. Between August 2011 and December 2013, a total of 1,060 diarrheal fecal specimens were obtained from 722 ch...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Shah M,Odoyo E,Wandera E,Kathiiko C,Bundi M,Miringu G,Guyo S,Komoto S,Nyangao J,Karama M,Tsuji T,Taniguchi K,Morita K,Ichinose Y

更新日期：2017-07-24 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：: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：:Non-typhoidal salmonellae (NTS) are a major cause of acute diarrhea with characteristic multidrug resistance (MDR). In a hospital-based study, 81 NTS were isolated and tested for serotypes and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Salmonella enterica isolates were classified into 7 different typable serovars, however, 19 (2...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sharma NC,Kumar D,Sarkar A,Chowdhury G,Mukhopadhyay AK,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the 2018 rubella outbreak in Japan, this study aimed to assess rubella prevention measures based on the vaccination and immunization status of pregnant women in Japan. Our cohort study involved 3 local core hospitals in Yokohama City, and a total of 666 pregnant women were recruited between June 2018 and Sep...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Iwata A,Kurasawa K,Kubota K,Sugo Y,Odagami M,Aoki S,Okuda M,Yamanaka T,Miyagi E

更新日期：2020-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebiasis is epidemic in two major populations in Japan: male homosexuals and institutionalized people. Currently available diagnostic, chemotherapeutic, and prophylactic measures and their problems are discussed. Recent advances in basic research on amebiasis are also described with new findings of unique metabolisms...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Nozaki T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported a hospital-based epidemiological study on enterovirus (EV)-D68 infection among children during the autumn of 2015, which indirectly inferred an outbreak in Sendai, Japan. In this study, stocked sera of children (aged 0-6 years; without symptoms of infectious diseases) in the Sendai community col...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kadji FMN,Nishimura H,Okamoto M,Sato K,Ohmiya S,Ito H,Suzuki A,Nagai Y,Oshitani H

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid, and low-cost identification method is required in tuberculosis high-burden countries. We report the applicability of in-house loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) targeting 16S ribosomal RNA for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex grown on Lowenstein-Jensen media. E...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Phetsuksiri B,Rudeeaneksin J,Srisungngam S,Bunchoo S,Roienthong D,Mukai T,Nakajima C,Hamada S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five antiretroviral-naive HIV-1 infected patients and 14 healthy controls in North China were enrolled in this study. The frequency of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and levels of expression of CD95, HLA-DR and CD38 in T cells were detected by flow cytometry. We found that the frequency of Tregs was ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Zhang Z,Jiang Y,Zhang M,Shi W,Liu J,Han X,Wang Y,Jin X,Shang H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is shown to be a major causative agent in outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) reported in Guangdong (GD) Province of China in 2008. A total of 48,876 HFMD cases (131 severe and 21 fatal) were reported to the GD HFMD web-based surveillance system, which covers 871 clinics. The main c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Sun LM,Zheng HY,Zheng HZ,Guo X,He JF,Guan DW,Kang M,Liu Z,Ke CW,Li JS,Liu L,Guo RN,Yoshida H,Lin JY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate blood and biochemical laboratory findings in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to develop a joint predictor for predicting the likelihood of severe COVID-19 and its adverse clinical outcomes and to provide more information for treatment. We collected the data o...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Liu X,Shi S,Xiao J,Wang H,Chen L,Li J,Han K

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study obtained information on the serotypes and molecular typing characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains causing invasive diseases in Turkey. Sixty-eight S. pneumoniae isolates causing invasive pneumococcal diseases were collected from different regions of Turkey from 2009 to 2011. The isolates were c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Guldemir D,Acar S,Otgun SN,Unaldi O,Gozalan A,Ertek M,Durmaz R,Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Study Group.

更新日期：2016-05-20 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：: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：:The objective of this study was to assess the distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis genovars in male sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic patients from 1 province in eastern China (Jiangsu) and 3 provinces in southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan). Urine specimens (n = 140) were collected from 46 public ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Han Y,Yin YP,Shi MQ,Zhong MY,Chen SC,Xang Z,Jiang N,Chen XS

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：: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：:Post-sternotomy infections are a kind of nosocomial infection involving the mediastinum space and the sternum, with a high morbidity and mortality rate. The present study was carried out to identify the incidence of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery and the most common risk factors. Cardic patients undergoing su...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Ghotaslou R,Yagoubi AR,Khalili AA,Mahmodian R

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:This study aimed to determine the levels of the macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramins B (MLS(B)) resistance phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) isolates from clinical samples. A total of 521 strains of staphylococci, comprising 230 S. aureus and 291 CNS isolates from various ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Delialioglu N,Aslan G,Ozturk C,Baki V,Sen S,Emekdas G

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a member of the genus Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae, causes a severe disease in humans with high mortality rates. In Turkey, the number of patients with CCHF has increased since 2002. Here, we aimed to treat CCHF patients with CCHFV hyperimmunoglobulin. We prepare...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kubar A,Haciomeroglu M,Ozkul A,Bagriacik U,Akinci E,Sener K,Bodur H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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：:In this paper, we examine 2 case reports for different reptile-related Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes. In case 1, a 5-year-old boy presented with gastroenteritis caused by S. enterica subspecies enterica serovar Poona. The suspected source of infection was a turtle kept at the patient's home. In cas...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Kuroki T,Ito K,Ishihara T,Furukawa I,Kaneko A,Suzuki Y,Seto J,Kamiyama T

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:From November 2004 to April 2005, 5 cases of norovirus (NoV) occurred in Sakai City, Japan. These were all diffuse outbreaks due to infections with genogroup II genotype 4 (GII/4) virus strains. Similar outbreaks occurred throughout Japan; hence, GII/4 was assumed to be the prevalent NoV type. However, a NoV outbreak ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Uchino K,Miyoshi T,Matsuo M,Ikeda Y,Yoshida Y,Teranaka Y,Sugimoto M,Sasaki Y,Shibata H,Fujii F,Tanaka T

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:In total, 11 asymptomatic carriers who underwent nasal or oropharyngeal swab tests for SARS-CoV-2 after being in close contact with patients who developed symptomatic 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were enrolled in this study. The chest multidetector computed tomography (CT) images of the enrolled patients were q...

journal_title：Japanese journal of infectious diseases

authors： Yan S,Chen H,Xie RM,Guan CS,Xue M,Lv ZB,Wei LG,Bai Y,Chen BD

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00