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

An outbreak of group A rotavirus G1P[8] in an elementary school, Nara prefecture.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Virology and Bacteriology Division, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho, Nara City, Nara 630-8131, Japan. Tel: +81-742-20-2887, Fax: +81-742-27-0634, E-mail: y.inoue @ihe.pref.nara.jp Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea among children. There are seven groups of this virus (A to G), and A, B and C rotaviruse...

Rare group a rotavirus P[9]G3 isolated in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Virology and Bacteriology Division, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho 57-6, Nara 630-8131, Japan. Tel: +81742-20-2887, Fax: +81-742-27-0634, E-mail: [email protected]. nara.jp The serotypes of rotavirus are determined by neutralization epitopes in their outer capsid proteins, VP4 and VP7. In the past 5 years, we have conduc...

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

Serotyping of human rotavirus by enzyme immuno-assay with monoclonal antibodies.

Two series of enzyme immunoassays with monoclonal antibodies produced in two laboratories (A and B) were compared in use for serotyping of human rotavirus in stool samples collected in Japan between 1988 and 1991 from patients with gastroenteritis. Of 358 samples, 222 were determined to be the same serotype, while 61 samples could not be serotyped by either assay. A hundred and one and 92 sampl...

High incidence of amantadine-resistant influenza AH3 viruses isolated during the 2005-2006 winter season in Nara, Japan.

We examined the incidence of amantadine-resistant influenza AH3 viruses isolated in Nara Prefecture during the 2005-06 winter season. The genetic analyses of the M2 ion channel protein were conducted using reverse transcriptase PCR and direct sequencing. Thirteen out of 18 (72.2%) strains were identified as amantadine-resistant, and this incidence was remarkably higher than those previously rec...