Current Topics of Infectious Diseases in Japan and Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tanaka, Kazuo (Editor), Niki, Yoshihito (Editor), Kokaze, Akatsuski (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

It is a great pleasure to present Current Topics of Infectious Diseases in Japan and Asia. This is a memorable scienti? c publication for Showa University, prepared in conjunction with the 6th Annual Meeting, Showa International Symposium for Life Sciences, held at the university in 2009. This sympo...

Table of Contents:

• Microbiological Aspects
• Features of Enteric Infections in Asia
• Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries
• Diarrheal Diseases and Probiotics
• Dengue and chikungunya virus infection in Southeast Asia: active governmental intervention in Republic of Singapore
• Epidemiological Aspects
• Current global situation of tuberculosis, with a focus on Japan
• Tuberculosis among the poor
• The status and trends of HIV/AIDS epidemics in Asia and the Pacific
• Clinical Aspects
• Disease Characteristics and Treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza
• Drug-resistant respiratory pathogens in Japan.