ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Vol 61 No 6</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#fcffa1"> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+2">Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">Vol. 61 No. 6, P. 427-508, 2008</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE="+1"><HR ALIGN=LEFT></FONT></B></P> <P><FONT COLOR="#009999">To see a printable version of the article in the Adobe file format, click its [PDF] link.</FONT></P> <P><B><U>INVITED REVIEW</U></B></P> <P><B>Current Risks in Blood Transfusion in Japan</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Hiroko Otsubo and Kazunari Yamaguchi<BR> pages 427-433 [<A HREF="427.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="427.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</U></B></P> <P><B>Serological and Genetic Characterization of Meningococcal Isolates in Korea</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Song-Mee Bae and Yeon-Ho Kang<BR> pages 434-437 [<A HREF="434.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="434.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>An Outbreak of Food-Borne Gastroenteritis Due to Sapovirus among Junior High School Students</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Shuzo Usuku, Makoto Kumazaki, Katsuhiko Kitamura, Osamu Tochikubo and Yuzo Noguchi<BR> pages 438-441 [<A HREF="438.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="438.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Identification and Epidemiological Description of Enterohemorrhagic <I>Escherichia coli</I> O157 Strains Producing Low Amounts of Shiga Toxin 2 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Masakado Matsumoto, Masahiro Suzuki, Masao Takahashi, Kaoru Hirose, Hiroko Minagawa and Michio Ohta<BR> pages 442-445 [<A HREF="442.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="442.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Prevalence, Clinical Presentations and Complications among Hospitalized Children with Influenza Pneumonia</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Samransamruajkit R., Hiranrat T., Chieochansin T., Sritippayawan S., Deerojanawong J., Prapphal N. and Poovorawan Y.<BR> pages 446-449 [<A HREF="446.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="446.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Pathophysiological Study of Chronic Necrotizing Pulmonary Aspergillosis</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Keishi Sugino, Chikako Hasegawa, Go Sano, Kazutoshi Shibuya and Sakae Homma<BR> pages 450-453 [<A HREF="450.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="450.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>T Serotypes and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Group A Streptococcus Isolates from Pediatric Pharyngotonsillitis</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Keiji Funahashi, Kazumasa Nakane, Naoko Yasuda, Michio Suzuki, Atushi Narita, Naoko Arai, Jaekun Ahn, Norio Koyama, Hajime Ushida, Naoko Nishimura and Takao Ozaki<BR> pages 454-456 [<A HREF="454.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="454.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Rate of Influenza Vaccination and Its Adverse Reactions Seen in Health Care Personnel in a Single Tertiary Hospital in Korea</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Chang-Seop Lee, Kang-Hyu Lee, Min-Hee Jung and Heung-Bum Lee<BR> pages 457-460 [<A HREF="457.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="457.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Evaluation of Real-Time RT-PCR Compared with Conventional RT-PCR for Detecting Human Metapneumovirus RNA from Clinical Specimens</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Atsushi Kaida, Hideyuki Kubo, Masashi Shiomi, Urara Kohdera and Nobuhiro Iritani<BR> pages 461-464 [<A HREF="461.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="461.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Investigation of Reservoir Animals of <I>Leptospira</I> in the Northern Part of Miyazaki Prefecture</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Nobuo Koizumi, Maki Muto, Seigo Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Baba, Momotoshi Kudo, Yoshinobu Tamae, Koji Shimomura, Ichiro Takatori, Akira Iwakiri, Koji Ishikawa, Hirotoshi Soma and Haruo Watanabe<BR> pages 465-468 [<A HREF="465.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="465.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Role of Activated Natural Killer Cells in Oral Diseases</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yuji Kamoda, Hiroshi Uematsu, Akihiro Yoshihara, Hideo Miyazaki and Hidenobu Senpuku<BR> pages 469-474 [<A HREF="469.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="469.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>SHORT COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P> <P><B>A Case of Non-O1 and Non-O139 <I>Vibrio cholerae</I> Septicemia with Endophthalmitis in a Cirrhotic Patient</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Chin-Chao Yang, Bor-Jen Lee, Sheng-Shun Yang, Yu-Hui Lin and Ya-Ling Lee<BR> pages 475-476 [<A HREF="475.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="475.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Spontaneous Perforated Pyometra with an Intrauterine Device in Menopause: a Case Report</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Chao-Hsu Li and Wen-Chun Chang<BR> pages 477-478 [<A HREF="477.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="477.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Human Bocavirus Infection in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis and Healthy Controls</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Thaweesak Chieochansin, Chitima Thongmee, Linda Vimolket, Apiradee Theamboonlers and Yong Poovorawan<BR> pages 479-481 [<A HREF="479.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="479.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Enterobiasis among Preschool Children: a Study from Kayseri, Turkey</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Muge Oguzkaya Artan, Zeynep Baykan and Cem Artan<BR> pages 482-483 [<A HREF="482.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="482.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Clinical Analysis of Cases of Empyema Due to <I>Streptococcus milleri</I> Group</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yoshihiro Kobashi, Keiji Mouri, Shinichi Yagi, Yasushi Obase and Mikio Oka<BR> pages 484-486 [<A HREF="484.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="484.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Characteristics of <I>Legionella pneumophila</I> Serogroup 2 Strains by Colony Morphology</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Michio Koide, Makoto Furugen, Shusaku Haranaga, Futoshi Higa, Masao Tateyama, Nobuhisa Yamane and Jiro Fujita<BR> pages 487-489 [<A HREF="487.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="487.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Macrolide Resistance Determinants in Erythromycin-Resistant <I>Streptococcus pneumoniae</I> in Turkey</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Zeynep Gulay, Ozgen Alpay Ozbek, Meral Bicmen and Deniz Gur<BR> pages 490-493 [<A HREF="490.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="490.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>The Risk of Transmission of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus from Human Cases to First- Degree Relatives</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Shahrokh Izadi, Masoud Salehi, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni and Sadegh Chinikar<BR> pages 494-496 [<A HREF="494.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="494.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Detection and Quantification of Enterovirus 71 Genome from Cerebrospinal Fluid of an Encephalitis Patient by PCR Applications</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Tsuguto Fujimoto, Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsuya Munemura, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Michiyo Shinohara, Osamu Nishio, Masatsugu Chikahira and Nobuhiko Okabe<BR> pages 497-499 [<A HREF="497.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="497.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Febrile Children with Lower Respiratory Diseases in Primary Care Settings in Hiroshima, Japan</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Michimaru Hara, Shinichi Takao, Shinji Fukuda, Yukie Shimazu and Kazuo Miyazaki<BR> pages 500-502 [<A HREF="500.html">Summary</A>] [<A HREF="500.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B><U>LABORATORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS</U></B></P> <P><B>Analysis of Adenoviruses Isolated in Kobe City, Japan, from 2000 to 2007</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Tomoko Suga, Kyoko Akiyoshi and Tsunekazu Haruta<BR> pages 503-504 [<A HREF="503.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="503.pdf">PDF</A>]]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Characterization of Sapoviruses Detected in Hokkaido, Japan</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Setsuko Ishida, Shima Yoshizumi, Masahiro Miyoshi, Tetsuya Ikeda, Toyo Okui, Kazuhiko Katayama, Naokazu Takeda and Tomoichiro Oka<BR> pages 504-506 [<A HREF="504.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="504.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><B>Isolation of Measles Virus Classified as D5 Genotype during an Outbreak in Kobe City, Japan, in 2007</B></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Kyoko Akiyoshi, Tomoko Suga, Tsunekazu Haruta, Kenji Yoshida, Ryusuke Taba, Masaru Yamakawa, Michi Kawamoto, Mari Shibata and Masae Itoh<BR> page 506-507 [<A HREF="506.html">Title page</A>] [<A HREF="506.pdf">PDF</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><HR ALIGN=LEFT></P> <P><A HREF="../jjid.html">Go to JJID Homepage</A></P> </BODY> </HTML>