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IASR Vol. 36, No.7 (No. 425) July 2015


  topicRubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in Japan, as of June 2015

  • Virus genome-based laboratory testing provided for children with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) or those with congenital rubella infection, September 2013-March 2015–Tokyo
  • Trends in rubella and CRS cases in Osaka Prefecture, 2011-2014
  • Challenges posed by the 2012 and 2013 rubella epidemics- perspectives from obstetrics/gynecology
  • Hearing loss among children with CRS
  • Interim report following up on 22 CRS cases born in 2012-2014 (as of 17 June 2015)
  • Rubella outbreak at a workplace and its surroundings in Shizuoka Prefecture, January-May 2015
  • Rubella control measures at the workplace
  • Operating the vaccination outpatient clinic on Sundays on a temporary basis during the 2013 rubella epidemic in Tokyo
  • Interim report on rubella seroprevalence and rubella vaccine coverage in Japan in FY2014-National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  • Coverage of routine immunization of rubella-containing vaccine in Japan in FY2008 to FY2013-MHLW
  • Guidelines for the prevention of specific infections including rubella infection
  • Notice from MHLW: Implementation of measles and rubella vaccinations for nursing trainees at designated training facilities
  • Current global trends in rubella and rubella virus genotypes, 2001-2015
  • Results from active surveillance of autochthonous dengue fever cases in Japan, 2014
  • Laboratory confirmed cases of dengue fever, chikungunya fever and malaria detected at Narita Airport Quarantine Station, 2014
  • Pertussis outbreak in a junior high school, October-December, 2014–Niigata Prefecture
  • Initiation of all-case reporting of hospitalized varicella patients under NESID and the effect of routine immunization of varicella vaccine, September 2014-April 2015
  • Introduction of the rotavirus vaccine and trends in rotavirus gastroenteritis, October 2013-May 2015

 

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