| [epidemiological study on respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in northern hokkaido, japan]. | we carried out an epidemiological study on lower respiratory tract infections, concerning the respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infection, in northern hokkaido, japan, during the 2-year-study period from april 1991 to march 1993. there were 467 hospitalized patients with lower respiratory tract infections. we examined the presence of rsv antigen in their nasopharyngeal specimens of 456 out of 467 patients (97.6%) by enzyme immunoassay. the diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was done by ... | 1994 | 8138666 |
| mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and its genotypical characterization in children of hokkaido, japan. | to investigate the etiology of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections we conducted a prospective study covering the total pediatric population in hokkaido, japan. paired sera for serologic assays were available for more than half of the cases (n = 921; 398 as pneumonia and 523 as bronchitis). the nasopharyngeal swabs were also collected for isolation and pcr study. the types of p1 gene from clinical isolates of m. pneumoniae obtained from two different areas of hokkaido, sapporo and kushiro, were dete ... | 2003 | 14598604 |
| etiological agents of lower respiratory tract infections in japanese children. | to investigate the etiology of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia and bronchitis, we conducted a prospective, population-based study covering the total population < 15 years of age in 16 municipalities in hokkaido, japan, during the period of april 2000 to march 2001. chest radiographs were available for all cases (n = 921; 398 as pneumonia and 523 as bronchitis) and paired sera for serologic assays were available for more than half of the cases. the following specimens were also collected: ... | 2004 | 15011754 |
| molecular detection of mycoplasma wenyonii and 'candidatus mycoplasma haemobos' in cattle in hokkaido, japan. | blood samples from 78 cattle were tested for hemoplasma infection using molecular methods. pcr and sequence analysis revealed that 17 cattle were infected with mycoplasma wenyonii, while 13 were infected with 'candidatus mycoplasma haemobos'. four animals were infected with both species. this is the first study to report hemoplasma species infection among cattle in japan. | 2008 | 18571343 |
| seroepidemiological survey of sheep flocks from northern japan for mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and mycoplasma agalactiae. | sheep flocks from hokkaido, iwate and aomori, three northern prefectures of japan, were screened for antibodies to mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and mycoplasma agalactiae by elisa. sixty four animals out of 246 (26%) were seropositive to m. ovipneumoniae, with positive results obtained from all three prefectures. none of the sera tested were serologically positive to m. agalactiae. | 2011 | 21830171 |
| A Clinical Case of Severe Anemia in a Sheep Coinfected with Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemovis' in Hokkaido, Japan. | A 2-year-old East Friesian sheep imported from Australia exhibited severe anemia after contagious pustular dermatitis in Hokkaido, Japan. Hemoplasma infection was confirmed in blood smears. Both Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemovis' were detected by PCR and sequence analyses. In the epidemiological analysis, dual pathogens were detected in 6 of 12 (50.0%) sheep imported from Australia with the infected ewe at the same time, 1 of 5 (20.0%) sheep introduced from a domestic farm in H ... | 2011 | 21869571 |
| detection of dna of 'candidatus mycoplasma haemominutum' and spiroplasma sp. in unfed ticks collected from vegetation in japan. | dna fragments of 'candidatus mycoplasma haemominutum', a feline heamobartonella pathogen, were detected from unfed ixodes ovatus collected from vegetation in hokkaido, fukushima and yamaguchi prefectures, and unfed haemaphysalis flava in yamaguchi prefecture. this finding suggests that ixodid tick is a possible vector of 'c. mycoplasma haemominutum'. spiroplasma dna was also detected from unfed i. ovatus in hokkaido, fukushima and yamaguchi prefectures. the analysis of nucleotides sequence sugge ... | 2005 | 16397391 |