Stratigraphic reconstruction of the lower–middle Miocene Goto Group, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

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

Long-term trends of the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.

The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Japan is still increasing. The aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiological trend of HCC in the Western area of Japan, Nagasaki. A total of 1,807 patients with HCC diagnosed at our two hospitals between 1981 and 2005 were consecutively recruited for this study. Cohorts of patients with HCC were categorized into five-year interval...

Serotyping of human group A rotaviruses in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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...

First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

A new fossil filefish, Aluterus shigensis sp. nov., with a close resemblance to the extant Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck), is described from the Middle Miocene Bessho Formation in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. It is characterized by: 21 total vertebrae; very slender and long first dorsal spine with tiny anterior barbs; thin and lancet-shaped basal pterygiophore of the spiny dorsal fin, with its...