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IASR Vol. 39,
No. 11(No. 465) November 2018


  topicInfluenza 2017/18 season, Japan

  • Analysis of influenza viruses isolated in the 2017/18 influenza season, Japan
  • Summary of influenza activity in the Tohoku region for the 2017/18 season
  • Influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy in the 2017/18 season, National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
  • The infectious agents surveillance system for influenza following the revision of the Infectious Diseases Control Law: trends in influenza virus positive/negative results and the usefulness of this information
  • Influenza vaccination coverage in the 2016/17 influenza season and seroprevalence of influenza before the start of the 2017/18 influenza season, Japan—FY 2017, National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  • Candidate vaccine viruses for the influenza vaccines to be used in the 2018/19 season, Japan—description of the selection process and situation based on the manufacturing process
  • Effectiveness of influenza vaccine among children younger than 6 years: summary from the 2013/14 to 2016/17 influenza seasons (report from the MHLW-funded study group)
  • Changes in the strategy for stockpiling prepandemic vaccine against pandemic influenza
  • Update on avian and swine influenza virus infections among humans
  • A case of leptospirosis diagnosed in Amagasaki City following heavy rains, July 2018
  • An outbreak of gastroenteritis possibly due to human parechovirus type 3 in Osaka City, July 2018
  • Report on sociodemographic characteristics and clinical description of congenital syphilis patients and their mothers in Japan (2016-2017)

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