Publications by authors named "Tamaki Omura"
Article Synopsis
- Epidemics of respiratory infections, particularly involving human metapneumovirus (HMPV), frequently occur in long-term care facilities for patients with severe disabilities, with two specific outbreaks reported in a hospital.
- Testing revealed that HMPV was present in numerous patients, leading to high fever and respiratory symptoms, while patient blood tests indicated immune system responses typical of viral infections.
- The study emphasizes the need for ongoing surveillance, preventive strategies, and prompt treatment for HMPV in vulnerable inpatient populations to manage and mitigate the impact of such outbreaks.
Epidemics of infectious diseases often occur in hospital wards handling patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. However, the causative pathogens are not identified in half of these epidemics. Recently, an epidemic occurred in 2 wards consecutively in the National Hospital Organization Ehime Hospital in March-April, 2010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNorovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) are important pathogens of human gastroenteritis. Compared to NoV, the transmission route of SaV is unclear. An outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a restaurant in June 2008, and SaV and NoV were detected in fecal specimens from 17 people who ate at the restaurant and one asymptomatic food handler and also in stripped shellfish and liquids remaining in the shellfish packages by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and/or real-time RT-PCR.
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