Current Topics of Infectious Diseases in Japan and Asia

Part I. Microbiological Aspects

1. Features of Enteric Infections in Asia
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi

2. Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae and campylobacters isolated in Asian countries
Shinji Yamasaki, Masahiro Asakura, Sachi Shiramaru, Sucharit Basu Neogi, Atsushi Hinenoya, Worada Samosornsuk, Shi Lei, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

3. Diarrheal Diseases and Probiotics
Yoko Yanagawa, Kazuo Tanaka

4. Dengue and chikungunya virus infection in Southeast Asia: active governmental intervention in Republic of Singapore
Minako Jen Yoshikawa

Part II. Epidemiological Aspects

5. Current global situation of tuberculosis, with a focus on Japan
Akira Shimouchi

6. Tuberculosis among the poor
Hirotaka Ochiai, Akira Shimouchi, Naoki Shimada, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Takako Shirasawa, Hiromi Hoshino, Akatsuki Kokaze

7. The status and trends of HIV/AIDS epidemics in Asia and the Pacific
Mitsuhiro Kamakura

Part III. Clinical Aspects

8. Disease Characteristics and Treatment of 2009 H1N1 Influenza
Osamu Kobayashi

9. Drug-resistant respiratory pathogens in Japan
Tetsuya Matsumoto

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general