| 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 |
| epidemiological survey of babesia species in japan performed with specimens from ticks collected from dogs and detection of new babesia dna closely related to babesia odocoilei and babesia divergens dna. | detection and analysis of babesia species from ticks recovered from dogs in japan were attempted by pcr and nucleotide sequence analysis based on the 18s rrna gene, respectively. a total of 1136 ticks were examined for babesia dna by 18s rrna-based pcr and nucleotide sequencing. partial sequences of babesia canis vogeli dna were detected from six ticks in aomori, nara, hiroshima, oita, and okinawa prefectures; and babesia gibsoni asia-1 dna was also detected in four ticks in osaka, hiroshima, mi ... | 2003 | 12904344 |
| a comparative analysis of some of the immediate environmental effects at hiroshima and nagasaki. | | 1964 | 14126797 |
| 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 |
| a nationwide survey of ixodid tick species recovered from domestic dogs and cats in japan in 2011. | a nationwide survey of ixodid ticks was performed in 2011, during which a total of 4237 and 298 ticks were recovered from 1162 dogs and 136 cats, respectively. haemaphysalis longicornis was the most frequently found tick species on canine hosts (739 dogs), followed by h. flava (166), ixodes ovatus (139), and rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (70). h. hystricis, h. japonica, h. megaspinosa, h. formosensis, h. campanulata, h. ias, i. nipponensis, i. persulcatus, and amblyomma testudinarium were ... | 2014 | 25155339 |