Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong et al.
Today East Asia harbors many "relict" plant species whose ranges were much larger during the Paleogene-Neogene and earlier. The ecological and climatic conditions suitable for these relict species have not been identified. Here, we map the abundance and distribution patterns of relict species, showi...
Toshihiro Mita, Jun Ohashi, Meera Venkatesan, Aung Swi Prue Marma et al.
BACKGROUND: Monitoring the prevalence of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum is essential for effective malaria control. Resistance to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine increases as mutations accumulate in the parasite genes encoding dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps), r...
Bhaswati Sen, Basabjit Dutta, Somdatta Chatterjee, M.K. Bhattacharya et al.
Since 1996, infections caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus have increased globally. Outbreak and/or sporadic cases of diarrhea caused by V. parahaemolyticus have been reported from India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, the USA, Laos, Korea, Chile, Bangladesh, Russia, Thailand, Spain, France, and Vietnam. T...
Tsutomu Sakurada, Harumi Kitamura, Kohkichi Morimoto, Kyoko Kataoka et al.
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to clarify the current status of assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) implementation in Japan.MethodsA nationwide, cross-sectional, questionnaire survey was conducted by the Working Group of the Academic Committee of the Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialysis. A pa...