IASR Vol.22 No.6 June 2001
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection in Japan as of April 2001
- Recommendation of countermeasures for EHEC food poisoning - the Food Safety Investigation Council, MHLW
- Warning against tenderized cubic beef products-the Department of Food Sanitation, MHLW
- A diffuse outbreak of EHEC O157:H7 infection caused by cubic beef products served at chain restaurants, March 2001 - Toyama, Shiga and Nara
- An outbreak of EHEC O157 infection caused by barbecued beef underdone and served at an outdoor event, November 2000 - Chiba
- A diffuse outbreak of EHEC O157:H7 infection caused by cubic beef products served at chain restaurants, September 2000 - Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka and Yamanashi
- A girl case of hemolytic uremic syndrome accompanying waterborne EHEC O121 infection from a well near a cowhouse, October 2000 - Akita
- Construction of a network system for analyzing digitized image data of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PulseNet Japan)
- Current status and problems of designated hospitals for infectious diseases after enactment of the Infectious Diseases Control Law-an opinion of the Research Group for Infectious Enteric Diseases, Japan
- An epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease due to enterovirus 71 involving a fatal case with encephalitis, June-August 2000 - Hyogo
- An outbreak of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection at a home for the aged, December 1999-March 2000 - Yamaguchi
Articles are published in English with the Japanese Journal
of Infectious Diseases.
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