IASR Vol. 41,
No.11 (No. 489) November 2020

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  Influenza 2019/20 season, Japan

• Trend in occurrence of influenza in the 2019/20 season in Okinawa Prefecture
• Analysis of influenza viruses isolated in the 2019/20 influenza season, Japan
• The detection and characteristics of antiviral drug-resistant influenza viruses, Japan
• Influenza vaccination coverage and seroprevalence of influenza, Japan-FY 2019, National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Effectiveness of influenza vaccine among children younger than 3 years: summary from the 2018/19 influenza season (report from the MHLW-funded study group)
• Update on avian and swine influenza virus infections among humans
• Estimates of excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: notes on interpretation and future directions
• Influenza in the southern hemisphere temperate regions in the 2020 winter season
• Legionella spp. detected in mud from the typhoon Hagibis stricken area in 2019