Agricultural Geography of Fan District of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture (1)

[Epidemiological study on alcohol drinking patterns in Tochigi Prefecture].

Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tochigi prefecture, a local region of Japan

BACKGROUND Foreign-born patients with tuberculosis (TB) may introduce globally disseminated isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into large cities in Japan. The risk of dissemination of these isolates into local regions, however, has not been determined. This study analyzed the molecular epidemiology of M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from TB patients living in a local region of Japan. ME...

Influence of climate, elevation, and land use in regional herpetofaunal distribution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Understanding the relationship between the distribution of organisms and their environment is important for regional conservation planning. While most herpetofaunal community studies address environmental influence on species richness, few studies describe environmental influence on species composition at geographic scales. Field surveys of herpetofauna were conducted during 1994-2000 in Tochig...

Refined Paleomagnetic Direction of the Miocene Motegi Formation, Tochigi Prefecture, Central Honshu

To refine the early Middle Miocene (ca. 16 Ma) paleomagnetic direction in the Motegi area, we collected paleomagnetic samples from dacite domes and intrusives of the Motegi Formation. Characteristic remanent magnetization components were revealed by stepwise demagnetization, which were used to calculate site-mean directions for 10 sites. Together with published data from 11 andesite and basalt ...

Food poisoning outbreak caused by norovirus GII/4 in school lunch, Tochigi prefecture, Japan.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Tochigi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Shimo-Okamoto 2145-13, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 329-1196, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] In December 2007, there was an outbreak of food poisoning caused by Norovirus (NV) in schools in northern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. On December 28, 2007, a local health and welfare center received a report that ...