Publications

epizootiological study of hantavirus infection among rattus norvegicus in tokyo bay area, japan.	the prevalence of antibodies against hantavirus in 413 rats (rattus norvegicus) captured in eight regions of the tokyo bay area from 1983 to 1992 were examined by the indirect fluorescent antibody test. antibody-positive rats were found in tokyo port in 1983 (34.8%), 1984 (25.9%), 1985 (22.0%) and 1986 (15.6%), in kasai seaside park in 1989 (3.2%) and 1990 (4.2%) and in chiba port in 1990 (6.7%). in tokyo port, antibody-positive rats were found in any season in 1984 and 1985, and seroprevalences ...	1993	7903711
detection of hantaviral antibodies among patients with hepatitis of unknown etiology in japan.	hantaviral antibodies were detected in the sera from patients with hepatic disease of unknown etiology in japan by several different serological diagnostic methods. a total of 105 sera from diseased patients which were negative to a-g hepatitis virus infections in the tokyo area were tested. among them, 3 out of 73 sera from patients with chronic hepatic disease were positive to hantaviral antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay (ifa) and ...	2000	10888353