IASR Vol.24 No.1 2003
- A diffuse outbreak of Shigella sonnei food poisoning presumably caused by imported oysters, November 2001-March 2002: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and drug susceptibilities of strains from oysters and patients
- Shigellosis occurring among persons having consumed oysters and their contact cases: Three sporadic cases, two familial outbreaks and an outbreak at a nursery school, November 2001-January 2002-Saga
- Shigellosis cases due to Shigella flexneri 5a infected in Japan, November 2002-Aomori
- Imported cases of shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri 4a infected in China, November 2001-Yamagata
- Trend in isolation of Shigella new serotypes in Japan, 1985-2002
- Isolation of influenza virus type AH3 from sporadic cases, November 2002-Sendai City
- Isolation of influenza virus type AH3 from outbreaks at a primary school and a junior high school in early 2002/03 season-Ishikawa and Shiga
- An epidemic of gastroenteritis due to Norwalk-like virus, October 2002-Ehime
- Increase in adult measles cases due to genotype H1 measles virus, October-December 2002-Ehime
- An outbreak of Vibrio cholerae non-O1&O139 food poisoning caused by catered meals, July 2002-Fukuoka City
- An outbreak of Staphylococcus food poisoning caused by "dango", dumplings made of rice flour, served at a nursery school, September 2002-Hyogo
- An outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection caused by tap water supplied by small scale waterworks, October 2002-Akita
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