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Yoshihara T, Ito K, Zaitsu M, Chung E, Aoyagi I, Kaji Y, Tsuru T, Yonemura T, Yamaguchi K, Nakayama S, Tanaka Y, Yurino N, Koyanagi H, Matsuki S, Urae R, Irie S. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:3786. [PMID: 33916399 PMCID: PMC8038556 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a serious public health problem worldwide. In general, healthcare workers are considered to be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Japan is not well characterized. In this study, we aimed to examine the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies among 2160 healthcare workers in hospitals and clinics that are not designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Japan. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G was 1.2% in August and October 2020 (during and after the second wave of the pandemic in Japan), which is relatively higher than that in the general population in Japan (0.03-0.91%). Because of the higher risk of COVID-19 infection, healthcare workers should be the top priority for further social support and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.
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- Tatsuya Yoshihara
- Clinical Research Center, SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Clinical Epidemiological Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan;
- College of Healthcare Management, Takayanagi 960-4, Setaka-machi, Miyama 835-0018, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Global Clinical Research Center, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Hakata Clinic, 6-18 Tenyamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0025, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI PS Clinic, 6-18 Tenyamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0025, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Sumida Hospital, 1-29-1, Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0004, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Nishikumamoto Hospital, 1012 Koga, Tomiaimachi, Minami-ku, Kumamoto 861-4157, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Miyata Hospital, 1636 Honjo, Miyawaka, Fukuoka 823-0003, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Kanenokuma Hospital, 3-24-16 Kanenokuma, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0863, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Shinyoshizuka Hospital, 7-6-29, Yoshizuka, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0041, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI Dodo Clinic, 1-31-13, Nakaikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo 146-0081, Japan;
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- Clinical Research Center, SOUSEIKAI Fukuoka Mirai Hospital, Kashiiteriha 3-5-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan;
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- SOUSEIKAI, 3-5-1 Kashiiteriha, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan; (R.U.); (S.I.)
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- SOUSEIKAI, 3-5-1 Kashiiteriha, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan; (R.U.); (S.I.)
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Yamaguchi K, Yurino N, Kino M, Ishiguro M, Funatsu G. The amino acid sequence of mitogenic lectin-B from the roots of pokeweed (Phytolacca americana). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997; 61:690-8. [PMID: 9145528 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.61.690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
The complete amino acid sequence of pokeweed lectin-B (PL-B) has been analyzed by first sequencing seven lysylendopeptidase peptides derived from the reduced and S-pyridylethylated PL-B and then connecting them by analyzing the arginylendopeptidase peptides from the reduced and S-carboxymethylated PL-B. PL-B consists of 295 amino acid residues and two oligosaccharides linked to Asn96 and Asn139, and has a molecular mass of 34,493 Da. PL-B is composed of seven repetitive chitin-binding domains having 48-79% sequence homology with each other. Twelve amino acid residues including eight cysteine residues in these domains are absolutely conserved in all other chitin-binding domains of plant lectins and class I chitinases. Also, it was strongly suggested that the extremely high hemagglutinating and mitogenic activities of PL-B may be ascribed to its seven-domain structure.
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- K Yamaguchi
- Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Engineering, Graduate School of Genetic Resources Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Sawada Y, Iwamoto S, Yurino N, Fujii S, Murai N, Okuno F, Kotake H, Mashiba H. [Rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple pulmonary metastasis successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) of tumor: a case report]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1991; 18:2471-5. [PMID: 1659329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A 66-year-old woman was hospitalized in a state of shock with rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma and multiple pulmonary metastasis. Her bleeding was successfully controlled by emergency transcatheter arterial embolization with Lipiodol (Lp-TAE). Treatments with UFT, OK-432 and two additional Lp-TAE caused the disappearance of pulmonary metastasis with AFP levels decreased and natural killer cell activity increased. The patient died one and a half years after the emergency Lp-TAE. The disappearance of pulmonary metastatic lesions seemed to be caused by improvement of the patient's immunity, which related to the regression of primary tumor after Lp-TAE. It was suggested that Lp-TAE is worth undertaking even in rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma with remote metastatic lesions.
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- Y Sawada
- Dept. of Internal Medicine, Komonji Hospital, Japan
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