Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 54 No. 1, P. 1-45, 2001

Review
Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) and Phylogenetic
Analysis of TBE Viruses in Japan and Far Eastern Russia
     Ikuo Takashima, Daisuke Hayasaka, Akiko Goto, Hiroaki Kariwa
     and Tetsuya Mizutani
     pages 1-11 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Original Articles
Evaluation of the AMPLICOR CMV, COBAS AMPLICOR CMV Monitor and
Antigenemia Assay for Cytomegalovirus Disease
     Tohru Masaoka, Akira Hiraoka, Kensuke Ohta, Noriyuki Tatsumi, 
     Shigeki Watanabe, Tomonitsu Hotta, Hiromasa Yabe, Shunichi Kato,
     Atsushi Aikawa, Takehiro Ohara, Akira Hasegawa, Kazunari Tanabe, 
     Hiroshi Toma, Akira Yasuoka and Shinichi Oka
     pages 12-16 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Molecular and Epidemiological Study of the First Outbreak of 
vanB Type Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Japan
     Kozue Oana, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, Makoto Ohnishi, Masayo Ishikawa,
     Masako Hirota, Minoru Tozuka, Kenichi Atarashi, Kousuke Baba,
     Kyoko Fujiki, Mitsuo Okazaki, Takayuki Honda and Tetsuya Hayashi
     pages 17-22 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum Infections in Weaned Piglets 
and Fattening Porkers in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
     Shinji Izumiyama, Ichiro Furukawa, Toshiro Kuroki, Shiro Yamai,
     Hiromu Sugiyama, Kenji Yagita and Takuro Endo
     pages 23-26 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Epidemiological Report
Evaluation of the Japanese School Health Surveillance System
for Influenza
     Hiroshi Takahashi, Hayato Fujii, Nahoko Shindo and
     Kiyosu Taniguchi
     pages 27-30 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
Rate of Subclinical Hepatitis A Virus Infection 
in Adult HIV-1-Infected Patients
     Setsuko Ida, Natsuo Tachikawa, Yoshimi Kikuchi,
     Akira Yasuoka and Shinichi Oka
     pages 31-32 [Text][PDF]

The OptimalMolar Ratio between Binding-Deficient and Fusion-
Deficient Murine Leukemia Virus Envelope Proteins for 
Complementation to Induce Syncytia 
     Tetsuro Matano
     pages 32-34 [Text][PDF]

Clinical Study of Mutans Streptococci Using 3DS and 
Monoclonal Antibodies
     Hiroaki Takeuchi, Kazuo Fukushima, Hidenobu Senpuku,
     Yoshiaki Nomura, Noboru Kaneko, Akira Yano, Eiko Morita,
     Susumu Imai, Tosiki Nisizawa, Yoshiharu Kono, Takuji Ikemi,
     Yoshihiro Toyoshima and Nobuhiro Hanada
     pages 34-36 [Text][PDF]

The Isolation of Human Parechovirus 1 from Cases of Acute
Respiratory Illness in Children
     Shinichi Takao, Shinji Fukuda, Yukie Shimazu,
     Masahiro Noda and Shizuyo Tokumoto 
      pages 36-38 [Text][PDF]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolates from
Food Poisonings Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis over
the Period of June 1997 to December 2000 in Hyogo Prefecture
     Kokichi Hamada and Tomohiro Oshibe
     pages 38-40 [Text][PDF]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Genotypic Variations of Salmonella
Enteritidis Isolates from Sporadic Infections Using Pulsed-
Field Gel Electrophoresis from December 1996 to November 2000
in Hyogo Prefecture
     Tomohiro Oshibe and Kokichi Hamada
     pages 40-43 [Text][PDF]
      
Mutans Streptococci and Lactobacillus as Risk Factors for Dental
Caries in 12-Year-Old Children
     Yoshiaki Nomura, Hidenobu Senpuku, Nobuhiro Hanada and
     Takashi Kumagai
      pages 43-45 [Text][PDF]



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