Ide, Kensuke Aoyagi. Formal analysis: Satoshi Ide, Yusuke Asai, Shinya Tsuzuki. Investigation: Satoshi Ide. Methodology: Satoshi Ide, Masahiro Ishikane, Kensuke Aoyagi, Akane Ono, Yoshiki Kusama ... . Writing – review & editing: Masahiro Ishikane, Kensuke Aoyagi, Akane Ono, Yusuke Asai, Shinya Tsuzuki, Yoshiki Kusama, Yoshiaki Gu, Eiichi Kodama, Norio Ohmagari. 11 / 13 12 / 13 1. Laxminarayan R , Duse
drafted the first version of the manuscript. KY critically reviewed the manuscript and both authors approved the final version of the manuscript. Corresponding author Correspondence to Shinya Tsuzuki
Like other countries, Japan experiences a seasonal influenza epidemic every year. In order to return to school after a influenza-related absence, most Japanese students are required to submit a recovery certificate (chiyu-shoumeisyo in Japanese). The objective of this study was to estimate the economic consequences of this practice. A cost analysis was conducted to estimate the...
JANIS. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Nobuaki Matsunaga, Motoyuki Sugai. Data curation: Koji Yahara, Keigo Shibayama. Formal analysis: Shinya Tsuzuki. Funding acquisition: Norio Ohmagari ... . Investigation: Shinya Tsuzuki, Nobuaki Matsunaga. Methodology: Shinya Tsuzuki, Takayuki Akiyama. Project administration: Shinya Tsuzuki, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Norio Ohmagari. Supervision: Shinya Tsuzuki, Norio
criteria have been omitted. Corresponding author Correspondence to Shinya Tsuzuki. Ethics declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate Not applicable because no individual data in any form
Tanaka. Formal analysis: Masahiro Ishikane, Sachiko Ono, Shinya Tsuzuki. Funding acquisition: Norio Ohmagari. Investigation: Akane Ono, Masahiro Ishikane, Yoshiki Kusama, Chika Tanaka, Yuichi Muraki ... Kusama, Chika Tanaka. Writing – original draft: Akane Ono, Masahiro Ishikane. Writing – review & editing: Yoshiki Kusama, Chika Tanaka, Sachiko Ono, Shinya Tsuzuki, Yuichi Muraki, Daisuke Yamasaki, Masaki
We conducted two online surveys about antibiotics targeted at the Japanese general population in March 2017 and February 2018. In total, 6,982 participants completed the questionnaire. Factors associated with knowledge of antibiotics, knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and appropriate behavioural changes were evaluated by a machine learning approach using DataRobot...
A large epidemic of cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, serotype Ogawa, has been ongoing in Yemen, 2017. To improve the situation awareness, the present study aimed to forecast the cholera epidemic, explicitly addressing the reporting delay and ascertainment bias. Using weekly incidence of suspected cases, updated as a revised epidemic curve every week, the reporting delay was...
Care of children living with HIV comprises various issues, some considered challenging. One of the challenging areas is the serostatus disclosure to HIV-positive children. This study describes the current situation of HIV disclosure among rural children in Zambia and examines the socio-demographic factors promoting disclosure. We used a mixed method approach applying both...
Background Trace elements play important nutritional roles in neonates. Our objective was to examine whether there are differences in maternal/neonatal serum trace element concentrations between mature infants and premature infants. Methods During 2012, 44 infants born at National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, were enrolled. Serum samples were collected to...
Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is rare among Japanese ethnicity although it is known as one of the most common hereditary disorders of erythrocytes, causing intravascular hemolysis. It is well-known that G6PD deficiency may cause hemolysis even in the neonatal period. However, most cases are asymptomatic, and the frequency of severe anemia is low...