IASR Vol. 32, No. 4 (No. 374) April 2011
Cholera, 2006-2010, Japan
Cholera cases in Japan, January 2006-December 2010
Current epidemic
Vibrio cholerae
O1 El Tor variant strains
Outbreak of
Vibrio cholerae
O1 infection traced to frozen uncooked sea urchin brought back from Philippines, August 2008—Sendai City
World cholera 2009 (Extract from WER)—WHO
Current status of cholera epidemic in Thailand
Vaccination with the oral inactivated cholera vaccine of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force sent to Haiti in 2011
A case of infantile botulism caused by
Clostridium botulinum
type B, January 2011—Okayama
Detection of toxin-nonproducing
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
from a case of cutaneous ulcer on the heel, October 2010—Tottori
Legionella pneumophila
serogroup 1 infection caused by hot water provided by a solar water heating, October 2010—Yokohama City
[Focus on
Taenia asiatica
]
Cases of
Taenia asiatica
, possible emerging parasitic infestation reported from Kanto area of Japan since June 2010
1.
Four cases of
Taenia asiatica
infestation caused by ingestion of raw cattle or pig livers, June-September 2010—Tokyo
2.
A case of
Taenia asiatica
infestation, August 2010—Saitama
3.
Taenia asiatica
infestations that occurred one after another in a short period in Gunma and Tochigi, June 2010-February 2011
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