Occurrence of the pumpellyite actinolite-bearing green rock from Shimanto Belt, Miyazaki Prefecture

Rock-Fluid Interaction Along Seismogenic Faults Infered from Clay Minerals in Okitsu Mélange, the Cretaceous Shimanto Belt, SW Japan

Recent trends of paragonimiasis westermani in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

Miyazaki Prefecture has long been known as one of the endemic areas of paragonimiasis westermani. The prevalence of this disease peaked around 1956 and then drastically decreased. A few sporadic cases are still occasionally found in Miyazaki Prefecture; however, the number of new cases has gradually increased during the last 5 years. One important point to be noted is the change of clinical man...

Current status of gnathostomiasis dorolesi in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

Gnathostomiasis is an important food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused mainly by ingesting uncooked or undercooked flesh of freshwater fishes. Although four distinct species of the genus Gnathostoma were identified as the causative agents for human gnathostomiasis, human infections with G. doloresi have been found only in Japan, concentrated in Miyazaki Prefecture. So far we have found 25 cases i...

Outcome of ANCA-associated primary renal vasculitis in Miyazaki Prefecture.

OBJECT We examined the prognosis of patients with onset of new primary renal vasculitis (PRV) in Miyazaki Prefecture. PATIENTS AND METHODS We enrolled and followed-up 56 patients (age, 70.4 +/- 10.9 years, mean +/- SD) with onset of new PRV between January 2000 and December 2004, for a median of 24 months. Patients with PRV were defined according to the EUVAS (European Systemic Vasculitis Stu...

Authigenic Monazite and Xenotime from Pelitic Metacherts in Pumpellyite–actinolite-facies Conditions, Sestri–voltaggio Zone, Central Liguria, Italy

Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) were found in the metacherts (pumpellyite–actinolite-facies conditions: 3 ≤ P ≤ 4 kbars and 300 ≤ T ≤ 350°C) of the Monte Figogna Unit, Sestri–Voltaggio Zone, Liguria, in Italy, as scattered submillimetric grains in pelitic beds and as euhedral crystals in both millimeter-thick quartz veins and open fissures. Their composition is comparable to those of known occur...