A “coarse-grained” metabasite body newly found in the Sambagawa metamorphic rocks in Kumakogen Town, Ehime Prefecture, SW Japan

Molecular characterization of sapoviruses detected in sporadic gastroenteritis cases in 2007 in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-71, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. E-mail: oka-t @nih.go.jp **Present address: Ehime Central Prefectural Hospital, Ehime, Japan ***Retired from Ehime Prefecture Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science ****Present address: Research Collaboration Center on ...

A Questionnaire Survey in Ehime Prefecture, Japan Revealed the Residents’ Preferences for Community Medicine and Medical Education

Background: The lack of physicians in any given community results in very serious and ongoing deficiencies in medical service, and is a matter of considerable urgency for certain communities in Japan. Methods: We surveyed 2812 people by questionnaire regarding community medicine in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Results and Conclusion: Those surveyed reported inadequate numbers of physicians in the a...

An Outbreak of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Yamagata Prefecture Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Background: In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, most of the areas in Yamagata prefecture experienced a serious power failure lasting for approximately 24 hours. A number of households were subsequently poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) due to various causes. In this study, we conducted a survey of CO poisoning during the disaster. Methods: A questionnaire regarding CO poisonin...

Groundwater in Sedimentary, Metamorphic and Volcanic Rocks

Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection in Kami-Goto-Town, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan