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Transmission dynamics of hepatitis E among swine: potential impact upon human infectionKunio Satou
Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannnondai, Tsukuba, Japan
BMC Vet Res 3:9. 2007..Clarifying the detailed mechanisms of transmission within farms is required in order to facilitate an understanding of the age-specific patterns of infection, especially just prior to slaughter...- Dementia-specific risks of scabies: retrospective epidemiologic analysis of an unveiled nosocomial outbreak in Japan from 1989-90Masae Tsutsumi
School of Nursing, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, Miyanoshimo, Yamaguchi, Japan
BMC Infect Dis 5:85. 2005..This study documents the findings of a ward-scale nosocomial outbreak in western Japan from 1989-90, for which permission to publish was only recently obtained... - Smallpox during pregnancy and maternal outcomesHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1119-21. 2006..3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.4-37.1), and the proportion of miscarriage or premature birth was estimated to be 39.9% (95% CI 36.5-43.2). Vaccination before pregnancy reduced the risk for death... - Transmission potential of primary pneumonic plague: time inhomogeneous evaluation based on historical documents of the transmission networkHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstr 55, Tübingen 72070, Germany
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:640-5. 2006..Furthermore, a likelihood based approach was used for the time inhomogeneous evaluation of the outbreaks for which there was scarcity of cases... 
Estimation of the duration of vaccine-induced residual protection against severe and fatal smallpox based on secondary vaccination failureH Nishiura
Dept of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstr 55, Tubingen, Germany
Infection 34:241-6. 2006....- Incubation period as a clinical predictor of botulism: analysis of previous izushi-borne outbreaks in Hokkaido, Japan, from 1951 to 1965H Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Epidemiol Infect 135:126-30. 2007..In the event of intentional contamination of food with botulinum toxin, rapidly determining the incubation periods may be critical for guiding public health response efforts... - Epidemiology of a primary pneumonic plague in Kantoshu, Manchuria, from 1910 to 1911: statistical analysis of individual records collected by the Japanese EmpireHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstrasse 55, Tubingen, D 72070, Germany
Int J Epidemiol 35:1059-65. 2006..With the current rarity of pneumonic plague epidemics, our epidemiological knowledge remains insufficient for detailed characterization of effective control measures... - Natural history of dengue virus (DENV)-1 and DENV-4 infections: reanalysis of classic studiesHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, D 72070, Germany
J Infect Dis 195:1007-13. 2007..The natural history of wild-type dengue virus (DENV) infections of humans, including incubation and infectious periods, requires further study... - Time variations in the transmissibility of pandemic influenza in Prussia, Germany, from 1918-19Hiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Theor Biol Med Model 4:20. 2007.... - Analysis of a previous smallpox vaccination study: estimation of the time period required to acquire vaccine-induced immunity as assessed by revaccinationHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstr 55, Tubingen, Germany
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:673-80. 2006.... - Interpreting the epidemiology of postexposure vaccination against smallpoxHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:219-26. 2008.... - Still protected against smallpox? Estimation of the duration of vaccine-induced immunity against smallpoxHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstrasse 55, Tübingen D 72070, Germany
Epidemiology 17:576-81. 2006..It has previously been suggested that at least partial protection against severe and fatal smallpox may persist throughout life... 
Determination of the appropriate quarantine period following smallpox exposure: an objective approach using the incubation period distributionHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Westbahnhofstr 55, Tübingen D 72070, Germany
Int J Hyg Environ Health 212:97-104. 2009..These results suggest that quarantine measures can ensure non-infection among those exposed to smallpox with probabilities higher than 95-99%, if the exposed individuals are quarantined for 18-23 days after the date of contact tracing...- Household and community transmission of the Asian influenza A (H2N2) and influenza B viruses in 1957 and 1961Hiroshi Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 38:1075-83. 2007.... - Infectiousness of smallpox relative to disease age: estimates based on transmission network and incubation periodH Nishiura
Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Epidemiol Infect 135:1145-50. 2007..1% of secondary transmissions occurred up to 9 days after onset of fever. The proposed method appeared to be useful for diseases with an acute course of illness, where transmission was not hampered by depletion of susceptible contacts... - The earliest notes on the reproduction number in relation to herd immunity: Theophil Lotz and smallpox vaccinationHiroshi Nishiura
J Theor Biol 241:964-7. 2006 - Modeling for a smallpox-vaccination policy against possible bioterrorism in Japan: the impact of long-lasting vaccinal immunityHiroshi Nishiura
Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
J Epidemiol 14:41-50. 2004..It is therefore crucial to determine the real immunity status of the population via epidemiologic studies... - Rurality and pandemic influenza: geographic heterogeneity in the risks of infection and death in Kanagawa, Japan (1918-1919)Hiroshi Nishiura
Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 7, 3584 CL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
N Z Med J 121:18-27. 2008..To characterise the impact of rurality on the spread of pandemic influenza by exploring both the numbers of cases and deaths in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, from October 1918 to April 1919 inclusive... - Evidence of the partial effects of inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccination: analysis of previous outbreaks in Japan from 1953 to 1960Kunio Satou
Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Japan
Ann Epidemiol 17:271-7. 2007..To evaluate the partial effects of vaccination against equine Japanese encephalitis (JE) and characterize other prognostic factors based on previous outbreak records in Japan from 1953 to 1960... - Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification dataGerardo Chowell
Theoretical Division MS B284, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
J R Soc Interface 4:155-66. 2007..We conclude that the reproduction number for pandemic influenza (Spanish flu) at the city level can be robustly assessed to lie in the range of 2.0-3.0, in broad agreement with previous estimates using distinct data... - Predicting residual immunity against smallpoxHiroshi Nishiura
J Infect Dis 195:160-1; author reply 161-2. 2007 - Emergence of the concept of the basic reproduction number from mathematical demographyHiroshi Nishiura
J Theor Biol 244:357-64. 2007 - Rapid awareness and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hanoi French Hospital, VietnamHiroshi Nishiura
The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:17-25. 2005..Intuitive results obtained by means of stochastic individual-based simulations showed that rapid improvements in behavior and isolation would increase the probability of extinction... - Health inequalities in Thailand: geographic distribution of medical supplies in the provincesHiroshi Nishiura
DTM and H Epidemiology Research Committee, Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:735-40. 2004..6%, 25.8% and 20.6% are concentrated in the Bangkok Metropolis. Specific ideas to solve those problems are discussed in order to overcome this health care crisis by the year 2025... - Predicting the future trend of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Thailand: assessing the impact of control strategiesHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:649-56. 2004..It is pointed out that there are urgent needs to ensure adequate supervision and monitoring, to insure treatment of 100% of the targeted population with Directly Observed Therapy... - Simple approximate backcalculation method applied to estimate HIV prevalence in JapanHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, England
Jpn J Infect Dis 57:133-5. 2004 - Switch moiety in agonist/antagonist dual effect of S19 ribosomal protein dimer on leukocyte chemotactic C5a receptorArjun Shrestha
Division of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Am J Pathol 162:1381-8. 2003..These results indicated that the conversion of the RP S19 dimer from agonist to antagonist of C5a receptor is attributed to the IAGQVAAANKK moiety between Ile134 and Lys144... - Ascaris lumbricoides among children in rural communities in the Northern Area, Pakistan: prevalence, intensity, and associated socio-cultural and behavioral risk factorsHiroshi Nishiura
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Japan
Acta Trop 83:223-31. 2002..lumbricoides. The results indicated that there were certain clear risk factors in A. lumbricoides transmission, and that its intensity was influenced by age-related behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to exposure...