IASR Vol. 40,
No.7 (No. 473) July 2019

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 Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in Japan, as of June 2019

• Epidemiology of SFTS in Japan: as of 2017
• The first case of SFTS diagnosed in Tokyo, May 2019
• Epidemiology of SFTS in China, South Korea, and Vietnam: update information
• SFTS virus-antibody positivity among cats, dogs, and wild animals
• Case reports of infection with SFTS virus from pets and causing SFTS
• Animals that develop SFTS (mainly cats and dogs)
• Survey of SFTS virus-antibody positivity–focusing on the results in Ehime prefecture
• Recent progress in antiviral research for SFTS
• Investigator-initiated clinical research to determine the therapeutic effects of Favipiravir on SFTS
• Nosocomial infection of Bacillus cereus in a hospital in charge of community healthcare in Ibaraki Prefecture, 2018
• Nested RT-PCR system for Sapovirus detection with cross-reactivity of Astrovirus
• Summary and measures of measles outbreak in Osaka Prefecture, January 2019