Epidemiological and molecular studies of measles at different clusters in hokkaido district, Japan, 2007.

Progress toward measles elimination between 2008 and 2010 in the Hokkaido district, Japan.

A case-control study of non-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia of children in Hokkaido, Japan.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to investigate factors associated with the occurrence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in cases identified as of non-T cell type, stage I-IV. DESIGN The study was a case-control investigation. Data were obtained by interview with parents of cases and controls. SETTING The study was community based and was carried out in Hokkaido, Japan....

Investigation of Epidemiological Features of Measles Outbreaks in the World in 2018

Introduction: Identifying the epidemiological features of reported measles outbreaks including the size, period, and generation of the outbreaks plays a significant role in preventing new outbreaks and estimating effective reproduction number (R) as an indication of measles elimination. This study was conducted to describe the reported measles outbreaks in the world in 2018. Method: The PubM...

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 ...

ONE OF THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCLEROTIUM FORMING SNOW MOULD FUNGI: FIRST RECORDS OF TYPHULA SPECEIES FROM IRAN

Three kinds of sclerotia of Typhula spp. from Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and Qazvin Provinces in the northwest of Iran were collected. Morphology and ITS sequences of rDNA suggested that the collected fungi belonged to Typhula incarnata Lasch, Typhula phacorrhiza (Reichardt) Fr. and Typhula sp. These three taxa are new records in the Middle East and the result of this research suggests that Iran ...