IASR Vol.22 No.8 August 2001
Staphylococcus food poisoning in Japan
- Overview of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins
- Summary of investigation of a large outbreak of Staphylococcus food poisoning caused by milk products which occurred in June-July 2000 - Osaka City and MHLW
- Detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin from low-fat milk and skimmed milk implicated in a large outbreak of food poisoning - Osaka
- An outbreak of Staphylococcus food poisoning caused by "zunda-mochi", rice cakes coated with green soybean paste, October 2000 - Miyagi
- An outbreak of Staphylococcus food poisoning caused by "dango", dumplings made from rice flour coated with syrup or bean jam, and "daifuku", rice cakes stuffed with sweet bean jam, November 2000 - Shizuoka City
- An outbreak of Staphylococcus food poisoning presumably caused by scrambled egg served in catered meal, January 2001 - Chiba City
- An outbreak of diarrheal disease due to ETEC and Shigella sonnei among travelers returning from Uzbekistan, October 2000 - Miyazaki
- An outbreak of EPEC O119:H21 food poisoning at a home for the aged, May 2001 - Ishikawa
- Re-discharge of EHEC in stool of three child patients after administration of fosfomycin, July-August 2000 - Hokkaido
- An epidemic of measles and an emergency appeal for measles vaccination - July 2001 - Okinawa
- Isolation of coxsackievirus A16 from hand, foot and mouth disease cases and coxsackievirus A5 from herpangina cases, May - June 2001 - Ehime
- An epidemic of meningitis due to echovirus 11, May - July 2001 - Kitakyushu City
- Isolation of influenza viruses included in the B/Victoria lineage in post-epidemic season, May - June 2001 - Kagawa
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