IASR Vol. 29, No. 5 (No. 339) May 2008
Enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli
infection in Japan as of April 2008
Symptoms of EHEC-positive cases by serotype, 2000-2007
Clusters of EHEC O157 strains with identical PFGE patterns isolated from human cases in wide areas in Japan in 2007
A large outbreak of EHEC O157:H7 infection caused by meals and boxed lunches served at a school refectory, May-June 2007—Tokyo
A large outbreak of EHEC O157:H7 infection caused by boxed meals served by a restaurant, September-October 2007—Miyagi
Outbreaks of EHEC O157:H7 infection at nursery schools caused by distinct sources of infection, August 2007—Osaka City
An outbreak of EHEC O26:H11 infection at a nursery school, August 2007—Iwaki City
An outbreak of EHEC O26:H11 infection at a nursery school, September 2007—Iwate
A concurrent outbreak of EHEC O111:HNM and norovirus genogroup II infections at a nursery school, October-November 2007—Miyazaki
Analysis of measles epidemics due to measles virus genotype D5, April 2007-March 2008—Hokkaido
Two outbreaks of gastroenteritis due to sapovirus at a nursery school in June 2004 and at a hotel in July 2007—Nagano
Two outbreaks of group A rotavirus genotype G9 infection at a home for the aged and a primary school, April 2007—Shizuoka City
A Japanese case of cystic echinococcosis developing giant cysts in the lung and liver presumably acquiring infestation in UK, November 2007—Okinawa
Data
Salmonella
Typhi &
Salmonella
Paratyphi A phage types from human sources, Japan (Feb. 21, 2008 - Apr. 20, 2008)
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