Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Vol. 54 No. 4, P. 131-165, 2001

Original Articles
A Quantitative In Vitro Assay for Detecting Biological Activity
of Endotoxin Using Rabbit Peripheral Blood
     Masaki Ochiai, Michiyo Kataoka, Hiromi Toyoizumi, 
     Akihiko Yamamoto and Yoshinobu Horiuchi
     pages 131-136 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Isolation of Group A b-Hemolytic Streptococci in the Tonsillopharynx
of School Children in Madras City and Correlation with Their Clinical
Features
     Shanthi Rajkumar and Rajkumar Krishnamurthy
     pages 137-139 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Short Communications
Phage Typing and DNA-Based Comparison of Strains of Enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli O157 from Apparently Sporadic Infections in Osaka
City, Japan, 1996
     Yoshikazu Nishizawa, Atsushi Hase, Jun Ogasawara, Tom Cheasty,
     Geraldine A. Willshaw, Henry R. Smith, Yohichi Tatsumi and 
     Akira Yasukawa
     pages 140-143 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Immunosuppression in Rabies Virus Infection Mediated by Lymphocyte
Apoptosis
     Songsri Kasempimolporn, Thaweesak Tirawatnapong, 
     Wachiraporn Saengseensom, Somboon Nookhai and Visith Sitprija
     pages 144-147 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Epidemiological Report
Reports of Parasitic Diseases and Entomological Cases in the
Department of Medical Zoology, Jichi Medical School: Accumulated
Cases from Five Years
     Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Shigeto Yoshida, Makoto Hirai and
     Akira Ishii
     pages 148-150 [SUMMARY][PDF]

Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Infection in an Immunocompetent
Young Adult Related to Use of Home Bath with a Circulating 
Water System
     Aya Watando, Emiko Toyota, Namiko Mori, Aki Kaneko,
     Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, Teruo Kirikae and Koichiro Kudo
     pages 151-152 [Text][PDF]

Prevalence of Norwalk Viruses in Southern and Northern Parts of
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan in 2000/2001 Season 
     Shinji Fukuda, Shinichi Takao, Yukie Shimazu and
     Kazuo Miyazaki
     pages 153-154 [Text][PDF]

Subgroups A and B Respiratory Syncytial Virus Isolated 
in Ehime Prefecture, 1995-1999
     Reiko Kondo, Kimi Yoshida, Yasutaka Yamashita, 
     Mitsuaki Oseto, Tadao Asai, Hiroo Inouye, Shozo Nakano
     and Yoshiro Ishimaru
     pages 155-156 [Text][PDF]

A Fatal Case of Weil's Disease in Miyagi Prefecture
     Kazuo Akiyama, You Ueki, Youko Okimura, Ikuo Goto and
     Hiroyuki Shiraishi
      pages 156-157 [Text][PDF]

An Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
in a Tuberculosis Ward
     Namiko Mori, Hiroshi Kawata, Toshio Hama, Tomoko Fujino,
     Hisashi Kawahata, Akihiko Kawana, Tamiko Suzuki, 
     Fumiko Yamanishi, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, Koichiro Kudo,
     Oichirou Kobori, Yoshio Yazaki and Teruo Kirikae
     pages 157-159 [Text][PDF]

Epidemiological Analysis of Nosocomial Outbreaks of 
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Surgery Ward
     Namiko Mori, Tomoko Fujino, Toshitaka Kashima, Jyoji Tomioka,
     Akihiko Kawana, Hisashi Kawahata, Yoshie Takahashi, 
     Fumiko Yamanishi, Sosuke Kimura, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, 
     Koichiro Kudo, Oichirou Kobori, Yoshio Yazaki and
     Teruo Kirikae 
     pages 159-161 [Text][PDF]
      
Phylogenetic Analysis of Genotypic Variations of Escherichia coli
O157:H7 Isolates from Sporadic Infections by Using Pulsed-Field Gel
Electrophoresis from March 1999 to February 2001 in Hyogo Prefecture
     Tomohiro Oshibe, Hidetaka Tsuji and Kokichi Hamada
      pages 162-165 [Text][PDF]





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