Microsporidia are spore-forming obligate intracellular parasites. They are known to cause opportunistic infections in humans through zoonotic, waterborne and foodborne transmission routes. This article reviews the present knowledge regarding microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi infections in animals living in the human environment in Japan and discusses the basic measures required for the ef...

An exhaustive epidemiologic and serologic survey was carried out in five gold-panning villages situated in northeastern Gabon to estimate the degree of exposure of to leptospirosis and Ebola virus. The seroprevalence was 15.7% for leptospirosis and 10.2% for Ebola virus. Sixty years after the last seroepidemiologic survey of leptospirosis in Gabon, this study demonstrates the persistence of thi...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that the true case-fatality rate of human H5N1 influenza infection is appreciably less than the figure of approximately 60% that is based on official World Health Organization (WHO)-confirmed case reports because asymptomatic cases may have been missed. A number of seroepidemiologic studies have been conducted in an attempt to identify such missed cases. METHO...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the seroprevalence of the measles antibody and its attributable factors for the students who underwent routine 2-dose Schedule Era. METHODS The subjects were 996 students of the national measles seroepidemiologic study in December 2000 who had vaccination records. We conducted a questionnaire survey and we performed serologic testing for the measles-specific IgG by ...

conclusions the current study indicates increased risk for hcv infection in patients under dialysis and its relation with the mean duration of hemodialysis, history of renal transplantation and surgical intervention. considering the immune deficiency in these patients, intense education to both patients and medical staff will be beneficial. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was perf...

Ocular manifestations have been attributed to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), largely on the basis of seroepidemiologic data. Two patients who developed conjunctival disease as the presenting feature of EBV infection are reported, each confirmed by in situ hybridization of EBV genome in affected tissue biopsy specimens. Recognition of EBV-induced ocular disease as an initial presentation of clini...

background: brucellosis is a major zoonosis worldwide. many people for their professions are at higher risk of contracting the disease. objective: to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis and its risk factors in a group of high risk professions. methods: in a cross-sectional study, all personnel or students of veterinary schools, slaughters and butchers working in the city were invited to...