In Japan, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center (IDSC) of National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) is notified the results of isolation/detection of infectious agents from prefectural and municipal public health institutes (PHIs). Their information are based on the laboratory identification done by PHIs for the specimens collected at sentinel clinics/hospitals under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID), occasionally at non-sentinel sites and at health centers. |
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From January to July 2013, the information of measles virus isolated/detected from 31 cases in 12 of 47 prefectures (Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Osaka, Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima and Fukuoka) was reported. [Genotype B3] One case in May. [Genotype D8] 8 cases; 3 cases in March, 4 in April and one in May. [Genotype D9] 4 cases; 2 cases in March, one in April and one in May. [Genotype H1] 5 cases; one case in February, 2 in March, and 2 in June. [Genotype A (vaccine type)] 11 cases; 2 case in January, 2 in February, 2 in March, 4 in April, and one in July. [Genotype not typed] 2 cases; 2 cases in March.
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Infectious Agents Surveillance Report, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, |
National Institute of Infectious Diseases |