Parasitological studies in the Far East. XII. An epidemiologic survey in Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Parasitological studies in the Far East. IX. An epidemiologic survey of Shikoku Island, Japan.

A parasitological survey was made on Shikoku Island, fourth largest of the Japanese archipelago, during April 1949. The island is divided into four prefectural areas (Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi and Ehime) in all of which investigations were made. In contrast to certain of our other surveys the island, rather than the prefecture, was considered the geographical survey unit. Four communities were s...

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...

A survey of β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in farm animals and raw retail meat in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

We surveyed β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from farm animals (chickens, pigs, and cattle) and raw retail meat in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In total 305 E. coli isolates, 15 isolates collected from broilers, beef cattle, chicken meat, and pork meat, were found to have β-lactamase genes encoding CTX-M-2, CTX-M-14, CMY-2, SHV-2, and/or TEM-1, whereas 7 possessed mutations in the ampC pro...

Nutritional Autopsy of a Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus) Weakened by Fishhook, Washed Ashore in Central Honshu, Japan

mouth of Fuji River, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Honshu and was brought to the nearby Shizuoka Municipal Nihondaira Zoo the same day. The bird died on 30 March, after being kept for 12 days at the Zoo. The bird was fed an average daily amount 622g of fish: mainly horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus), some squid (Todarodes pacificus) and krill (Euphausia superba), but most of the food was regur...

An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides Based on Police Data in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan