Publications

present status of trichinellosis in japan.	there have been three mass outbreaks of human trichinellosis in japan. the first was in 1974 in iwasaki, aomori prefecture, involving a group of hunters who ate raw meat of a black bear they had shot. of the 20 people who ate the bear meat raw, 15 showed clinical symptoms of trichinellosis. the second outbreak was experienced in sapporo, hokkaido, in 1980. the patients had eaten the raw meat of a brown bear served in a local restaurant. twelve people were diagnosed positive on the basis of clini ...	1991	1822910
distribution of the antibody to influenza c virus in dogs and pigs in yamagata prefecture, japan.	the distribution of the antibody to influenza c virus in the dogs and pigs in yamagata prefecture, japan was investigated by using three different serological methods: hemagglutination-inhibition (hi), radioimmunoprecipitation (rip), and immunoblotting. the antibody against influenza c virus glycoprotein (gp88) was detected in 5 out of 112 sera collected from mongrel dogs, three by rip test and two by any of the three methods, suggesting that the virus can cause natural infection in dogs. signif ...	1987	2836710
a two-year survey of the oseltamivir-resistant influenza a(h1n1) virus in yamagata, japan and the clinical effectiveness of oseltamivir and zanamivir.	oseltamivir is the preferred antiviral drug for influenza, but oseltamivir-resistant a(h1n1) viruses have circulated worldwide since the 2007-2008 influenza season. we aimed to determine the rate of oseltamivir resistance among a(h1n1) isolates from yamagata, japan, to compare the virological characteristics between isolates from the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, and to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of oseltamivir.	2010	20202225