Published in Jpn J Infect Dis on November 01, 2008
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First isolation and direct evidence for the existence of large small-mammal reservoirs of Leptospira sp. in Madagascar. PLoS One (2010) 1.25
A new loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid, simple, and sensitive detection of Leptospira spp. in urine. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.98
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Identification of cattle, buffaloes and rodents as reservoir animals of Leptospira in the District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka. BMC Res Notes (2017) 0.75
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Genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 revealed by whole genome PCR scanning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.70
Development and validation of a mismatch amplification mutation PCR assay to monitor the dissemination of an emerging variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor. Microbiol Immunol (2008) 2.62
Detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: a pictorial review. Abdom Imaging (2013) 2.11
BBE02 disruption mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 have a highly transformable, infectious phenotype. Infect Immun (2004) 2.08
Modification of the structure and activity of lipid A in Yersinia pestis lipopolysaccharide by growth temperature. Infect Immun (2002) 1.88
Spread of a chromosomal cefixime-resistant penA gene among different Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.80
Highly frequent mutations in negative regulators of multiple virulence genes in group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome isolates. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.77
DNA sequence analysis of DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV quinolone resistance-determining regions of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.72
Positive effects of multiple pch genes on expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement genes and adherence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 to HEp-2 cells. Microbiology (2004) 1.70
Silkworm larvae as an animal model of bacterial infection pathogenic to humans. Microb Pathog (2002) 1.69
Ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.69
Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins elicit protective immunity. Vaccine (2004) 1.58
Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico was associated with infection by classical, El Tor, and El Tor variants of Vibrio cholerae. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.47
Natural infection with Japanese encephalitis virus among inhabitants of Japan: a nationwide survey of antibodies against nonstructural 1 protein. Vaccine (2006) 1.47
Diagnostic limitations to accurate diagnosis of cholera. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.43
Seroprevalence of leptospirosis and risk factor analysis in flood-prone rural areas in Lao PDR. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.39
Carcinogenicity and chronic toxicity in mice and rats administered vinyl acetate monomer in drinking water. J Occup Health (2004) 1.39
Extensive genomic diversity and selective conservation of virulence-determinants in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains of O157 and non-O157 serotypes. Genome Biol (2007) 1.37
Bronchial casts and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.37
Severe diarrhea caused by cholera toxin-producing vibrio cholerae serogroup O75 infections acquired in the southeastern United States. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.36
ClpXP protease controls expression of the type III protein secretion system through regulation of RpoS and GrlR levels in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.34
Serologic and molecular studies of Leptospira and leptospirosis among rats in the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.33
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for selective detection of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Jpn J Infect Dis (2003) 1.33
Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: optimizing b value for the detection and characterization of benign and malignant hepatic lesions. J Magn Reson Imaging (2008) 1.32
Life-threatening infantile diarrhea from fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica typhimurium with mutations in both gyrA and parC. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.32
Dissemination of the phage-associated novel superantigen gene speL in recent invasive and noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 isolates in Japan. Infect Immun (2002) 1.32
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.30
Molecular evolutionary analysis of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm, May-September, 2009: temporal and spatial spreading profile of the viruses in Japan. PLoS One (2010) 1.28
Utility of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a molecular tool for phylogenetic analysis of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Gut microbiota of healthy and malnourished children in bangladesh. Front Microbiol (2011) 1.26
Genotypic analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and development of a pandemic group-specific multiplex PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.24
Inference of the impact of insertion sequence (IS) elements on bacterial genome diversification through analysis of small-size structural polymorphisms in Escherichia coli O157 genomes. Genome Res (2009) 1.23
Characteristics of Streptococcus suis isolated from patients in Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis (2006) 1.23
Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates collected from 1974 to 2003 in Japan by multilocus sequence typing. J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.22
Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.22
Clonal association of Staphylococcus aureus causing bullous impetigo and the emergence of new methicillin-resistant clonal groups in Kansai district in Japan. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.20
Porphyromonas gingivalis galE is involved in lipopolysaccharide O-antigen synthesis and biofilm formation. Infect Immun (2006) 1.17
High genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates in Japan and its applicability for the detection of diffuse outbreak. Jpn J Infect Dis (2002) 1.17
Critical role of myeloperoxidase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase in high-burden systemic infection of mice with Candida albicans. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.16
Whole-genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium T000240 reveals the acquisition of a genomic island involved in multidrug resistance via IS1 derivatives on the chromosome. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.15
Spontaneous recombination between homologous prophage regions causes large-scale inversions within the Escherichia coli O157:H7 chromosome. Gene (2006) 1.14
Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates harboring a chromosomally encoded CMY-2 beta-lactamase gene located on a multidrug resistance genomic island. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.14
The GrlR-GrlA regulatory system coordinately controls the expression of flagellar and LEE-encoded type III protein secretion systems in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.14
Characterization of Legionella pneumophila isolates from patients in Japan according to serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and sequence types. J Med Microbiol (2010) 1.14
Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.14
A novel approach, based on BLSOMs (Batch Learning Self-Organizing Maps), to the microbiome analysis of ticks. ISME J (2013) 1.12
Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.12
Selective amplification of tyv (rfbE), prt (rfbS), viaB, and fliC genes by multiplex PCR for identification of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.12
Use of DNA arrays to identify a mutation in the negative regulator, csrR, responsible for the high virulence of a naturally occurring type M3 group A streptococcus clinical isolate. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.12
Human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring Leptospira interrogans in urban areas of Tokyo, Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.11
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from cooling towers in Japan form a distinct genetic cluster. Microbiol Immunol (2005) 1.11
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway in degradation of hepatitis C virus envelope proteins and production of virus particles. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.10
Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel leptospiral lipoprotein with OmpA domain. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2003) 1.10
Characterization of isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium displaying high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Japan. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.10
Genotyping of pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 still open to question. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.10
Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.09
Activation of hilA expression at low pH requires the signal sensor CpxA, but not the cognate response regulator CpxR, in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microbiology (2003) 1.09
Development of a multiplex PCR-based rapid typing method for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.08
Identification of potential virulence determinants by Himar1 transposition of infectious Borrelia burgdorferi B31. Infect Immun (2006) 1.08
Neonatal sudden death due to Legionella pneumonia associated with water birth in a domestic spa bath. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.08
Invasive infection caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis: characteristics of strains and clinical features. J Infect Chemother (2010) 1.08
First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan. Microbiol Immunol (2006) 1.07
Opr86 is essential for viability and is a potential candidate for a protective antigen against biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.06
Effects of repeated subculturing and prolonged storage at room temperature of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.06
Isolation from a healthy carrier and characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis strain that is deficient in gamma-Glutamyl aminopeptidase activity. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.06
Evidence for widespread infection of hepatitis E virus among wild rats in Japan. Hepatol Res (2003) 1.04
Detection and characterization of p44/msp2 transcript variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from naturally infected ticks and wild deer in Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis (2012) 1.04
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella sonnei isolates in Japan and molecular analysis of S. sonnei isolates with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.04
The hemolytic and cytolytic activities of Serratia marcescens phospholipase A (PhlA) depend on lysophospholipid production by PhlA. BMC Microbiol (2009) 1.03
Carcinogenicity of biphenyl in mice by two years feeding. J Vet Med Sci (2005) 1.03
Development and evaluation of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis for fine typing and phylogenetic analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Int J Food Microbiol (2010) 1.03
Shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets bonded with different self-etching adhesives. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop (2009) 1.02
Genome comparison and phylogenetic analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains. DNA Res (2010) 1.02
Genetic characteristics of drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 causing endemic cholera in Dhaka, 2006-2011. J Med Microbiol (2012) 1.02
Cholera outbreak, Laos, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
Emergence and genetic diversity of El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1 that possess classical biotype ctxB among travel-associated cases of cholera in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2010) 1.01
Characterization of reptile-associated Borrelia sp. in the vector tick, Amblyomma geoemydae, and its association with Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Environ Microbiol Rep (2011) 1.01
Diffusion/perfusion MR imaging of the liver: practice, challenges, and future. Magn Reson Med Sci (2012) 1.00
A sensor of the two-component system CpxA affects expression of the type III secretion system through posttranscriptional processing of InvE. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.00
Application of lambda Red recombination system to Vibrio cholerae genetics: simple methods for inactivation and modification of chromosomal genes. Gene (2009) 1.00
Identification of TEM-135 beta-lactamase in penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in Japan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.00
Serological and genetic analysis of leptospirosis in patients with acute febrile illness in kandy, sri lanka. Jpn J Infect Dis (2009) 0.99
Modification of lipooligosaccharide with phosphoethanolamine by LptA in Neisseria meningitidis enhances meningococcal adhesion to human endothelial and epithelial cells. Infect Immun (2008) 0.99
Incompetence of neutrophils to invasive group A streptococcus is attributed to induction of plural virulence factors by dysfunction of a regulator. PLoS One (2008) 0.99
Assessment of genes associated with Streptococcus mutans biofilm morphology. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 0.98
[The largest outbreak of legionellosis in Japan associated with spa baths: epidemic curve and environmental investigation]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi (2005) 0.98
Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Wild Boars and Deer in Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis (2011) 0.98
Isolation and characterization of a novel Borrelia group of tick-borne borreliae from imported reptiles and their associated ticks. Environ Microbiol (2009) 0.97
Clonal transmission, dual peak, and off-season cholera in Bangladesh. Infect Ecol Epidemiol (2011) 0.97
Contribution of the myeloperoxidase-dependent oxidative system to host defence against Cryptococcus neoformans. J Med Microbiol (2006) 0.97
PCR-based identification of pandemic group Vibrio parahaemolyticus with a novel group-specific primer pair. Microbiol Immunol (2004) 0.97
Identification of a novel antigen of pathogenic Leptospira spp. that reacted with convalescent mice sera. J Med Microbiol (2003) 0.96
Changing genotypes of cholera toxin (CT) of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladesh and description of three new CT genotypes. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2009) 0.96
Characterization of Shigella sonnei in Malaysia, an increasingly prevalent etiologic agent of local shigellosis cases. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.96
OspE2 of Shigella sonnei is required for the maintenance of cell architecture of bacterium-infected cells. Infect Immun (2006) 0.96
Characterization of drug resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium by antibiograms, plasmids, integrons, resistance genes and PFGE. J Microbiol Biotechnol (2010) 0.96