EROSIONAL PROCESS OF YOTEI STRATO-VOLCANO IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

Characterization of sapoviruses detected in Hokkaido, Japan.

Age and growth of marbled sole Pleuronectoes yokohomae in Kikonai Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Age and growth of marbled sole Pleuronectes yokohamae werer estimated from growth increments in otolith. The samples were collected with commercial set nets and an experimental bottom trawl net in Kikonai Bay and the nearby waters, southern coast of Hokkaido, from May 1994 to July 1995. Monthly changes in the percentage occurrence of oltoliths with translucent edge in one band and the marginal ...

Age and growth of marbled sole Pleuronectoes yokohomae in Kikonai Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Age and growth of marbled sole Pleuronectes yokohamae werer estimated from growth increments in otolith. The samples were collected with commercial set nets and an experimental bottom trawl net in Kikonai Bay and the nearby waters, southern coast of Hokkaido, from May 1994 to July 1995. Monthly changes in the percentage occurrence of oltoliths with translucent edge in one band and the marginal ...

Seroepidemiology of human bocavirus in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan.

A new human virus, provisionally named human bocavirus (HBoV), was discovered by Swedish researchers in 2005. A new immunofluorescence assay using Trichoplusia ni insect cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus expressing the VP1 protein of HBoV was developed, and the levels of immunoglobulin G antibody to the VP1 protein of HBoV in serum samples were measured. The overall seroprevalence r...

A cluster of hepatitis E virus infection in Hokkaido, Japan.

On November 16, 2004, the Kitami Health Center (KHC) of Hokkaido, Japan, was notified of a case of hepatitis E in a 69-year-old man who had shown symptoms of diarrhea and fever in the middle of September. He deteriorated rapidly and died of fulminant hepatitis on October 14. A retrospective survey revealed that the patient and his family members had visited a barbecue restaurant on August 14. T...