IASR Vol. 40,
No.12 (No. 478) December 2019

 Rotavirus, from September 2004 to August 2019, Japan

• Changes in epidemic strains after rotavirus vaccine introduction
• VP7 genotyping of rotavirus by semi-nested multiplex-PCR
• Group A rotavirus G8P [8] outbreak in Shizuoka City in the 2018/19 season
• Description of rotavirus detection in Osaka Prefecture
• Clinical aspects, examination findings, treatment, and prevention of rotavirus infection
• Epidemiology of rotavirus encephalopathy notified to the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID) system as acute encephalitis
• Vaccine effectiveness for rotavirus in Japan
• Updates on intussusception surveillance in Japan
• Detection of antiviral drug-resistant influenza virus associated with influenza A outbreaks at a hospital in the jurisdictional area of the Uwajima Local Health Center, Ehime Prefecture, August 2019
• Characteristics of influenza viruses A (H1N1) pdm09, AH3, and B (Victoria lineage) isolated in early 2019/20 season in Mie Prefecture
• A food-borne disease outbreak caused by E. coli O166: H15 possessing heat-stable toxin gene astA in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, September 2016
• Coxsackie virus A6 detected from patients, such as hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sendai City, 2019