Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Risk Factors for Intestinal Invasive Amebiasis in Japan, 2003–2009

Naoyoshi Nagata

, Takuro Shimbo, Junichi Akiyama, Ryo Nakashima, So Nishimura, Tomoyuki Yada, Koji Watanabe, Shinichi Oka, and Naomi Uemura

Author affiliations: National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (N. Nagata, T. Shimbo, J. Akiyama, R. Nakashima, K. Watanabe, S. Oka); Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan (S. Nishimura, T. Yada, N. Uemura)

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Annual prevalence of amebic colitis in persons with or without HIV infection, Japan, 2003–2009. A) HIV-positive patients. B) HIV-negative patients. Values above bars are no. positive/no. tested.

Figure 4. . . Annual prevalence of amebic colitis in persons with or without HIV infection, Japan, 2003–2009. A) HIV-positive patients. B) HIV-negative patients. Values above bars are no. positive/no. tested.

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