A novel betacoronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
which caused a large respiratory outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is currently …

The Diamond Princess cruise ship was put under quarantine offshore Yokohama, Japan,
after a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong was confirmed as a coronavirus disease …

Background. Outbreaks of an unidentified food-borne illness associated with the consumption
of raw fish have increased in Japan since 2003. Those affected with this illness develop …

Continuous cell lines that originate from mammalian tissues serve as not only invaluable
tools for life sciences, but also important animal cell substrates for the production of various …

Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread to almost every nation in the world. Soon after the …

An autopsy of a patient in Japan with coronavirus disease indicated pneumonia lung pathology,
manifested as diffuse alveolar damage. We detected severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Proteolytic cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein is essential for influenza A virus (IAV)
to acquire infectivity. This process is mediated by a host cell protease(s) in vivo. The type II …

Pandemic 2009 influenza A virus (A/H1N1/2009) has emerged globally. In this study, we
performed a comprehensive detection of potential pathogens by de novo sequencing using a …

The complete sequence of the plasmid pNDM-1_Dok01 carrying New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase
(NDM-1) was determined by whole genome shotgun sequencing using Escherichia …

The oral microbial flora consists of many beneficial species of bacteria that are associated
with a healthy condition and control the progression of oral disease. Cooperative interactions …