Vol.29, No.2 2012
Symposium: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Infections
- Introduction ......Akemi Kai and Kazumi Horikawa...... 87
- Current Status of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Infections ......Jun Terajima, Sunao Iyoda, Hidemasa Izumiya, Takehito Saitoh, Jiro Mitobe, Tomoko Ishihara and Makoto Ohnishi...... 88
- The Summary of the Outbreak Caused by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli on the Beef Barbecue Restaurants ......Junko Isobe...... 94
- Basic Concept of New Standard for Raw Meat in Japan ......Shigeki Yamamoto, Fumiko Kasuga, Shizunobu Igimi, Yumiko Okada, Yoshika Momose and Hiroshi Asakura...... 98
Originals
- Development of Multiplex PCR Method Utilizing Pooled Sample for Screening of Virulent Enterobacteria ......Taku Arakawa, Takahiro Azuma, Naoki Hagiwara,Shigeaki Nish ii, Fumio Kato and Hiroaki Inoue...... 101
- Duration of Norovirus RNA Excretion in Asymptomatic Food-Handlers in Tokyo......Yukinao Hayash i, Tetsuya Akiba, Kohji Mori, Miyuki Nagano and Akemi Kai...... 108
Short Paper
- Prevalence of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin and Enterotoxin-like Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Related to Foodborne Disease ......Kaoru Umeda, Jun Ogasawara and Atsushi Hase...... 114
Epidemiology
- Distribution of Campylobacter at a Poultry Processing Plant in Osaka ......Masashi Kank i, Kentaro Kawats u, Takehiro Hatt ori, Tomohiro Kajikawa, Syuji Adati, Yoshihito Kitano, Masaru Ota, Yoshihito Iida, Toshio Yamaide, Yuko Kumeda and Kenji Yamamoto...... 119
Technical
- Efficiency of a Simple and Rapid Method Consisting of Two-Stage Enrichment and Immuno-Chromatographical Determination Kit Using "Cica Immuno-Test Campylobacter II" for Detections of Campylobacter jejuni/coli from Chicken Meat and Giblets ......Takahiro Oda, Munenori Furuta, Akiko Tokunaga and Hiroshi Hiwaki...... 124
Book Review...... 133
Selected Paper Abstracts...... 134
Proceeding of the Society...... 137
Information...... 139