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  In Japan, prefectural and municipal public health institutes (PHIs) report isolation/detection of infectious agents from specimens collected by sentinel clinics and hospitals under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, other medical institutions and health centers (Reference figure).
Figure 1. Weekly reports of influenza virus isolation/detection, week 19/2012-week 47/2012
Figure 2. Isolation/detection of influenza virus by prefecture, week 36/2012-week 47/2012
Figure 3. Weekly isolation/detection of influenza virus by prefecture, weeks 43-47/2012

  After week 19/2012, a small number of influenza virus isolations/detections was reported (Fig. 1).  In Okinawa and Osaka Prefectures, local outbreak of influenza AH3 occurred in summer and detection of AH3 was dominant from week 26/2012 till now, the early 2012/13 season (from week 36/September of 2012 to week 35/August of 2013).

  In the 2012/13 season, from week 36 (September 3-9) to week 47 (November 19-25) of 2012, isolations/detections of AH1pdm09 from 12 cases in 5 prefectures, AH3 from 96 cases in 22 prefectures, B/Victoria lineage from 4 cases in Nagano Prefecture, B/Yamagata lineage from one case in Kanagawa Prefecture and B/lineage not determined from 4 cases in 2 prefectures were reported (Fig. 2). 
From week 43 (October 22-28) to week 47 (November 19-25) of 2012  (as of November 29, 2012)

  During five weeks from week 43 to week 47 of 2012, isolations/detections of AH1pdm09 from 2 cases in 2 prefectures, AH3 from 13 cases in 9 prefectures, B/Victoria lineage from 4 cases in Nagano Prefecture and B/lineage not determined from 3 cases in Kochi Prefecture were reported (Fig. 3).

[Reference figure] Weekly cases of influenza and isolation/detection of influenza viruses from week 36 of 2008 to week 41 of 2011
Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 36 (September 5-11) of 2011 to week 25 (June 18-24) of 2011 (as of July 19, 2012)
Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 36 (September 6-12) of 2010 to week 19 (May 9-15) of 2011 (as of September 6, 2011)
Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 19 (May 4-10) of 2009 to week 19 (May 10-16) of 2010 (as of May 13, 2010)
Infectious Agents Surveillance Report, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, 
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
 
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  1. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2012-week 46/2012 (as of November 21, 2012)
  2. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2012-week 45/2012 (as of November 15, 2012)
  3. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2012-week 43/2012 (as of November 1, 2012)
  4. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2012-week 41/2012 (as of October 18, 2012)
  5. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 19/2012-week 37/2012 (as of September 27, 2012)
  6. Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2011-week 25/2012 (as of July 19, 2012)
  7. Flash report of influenza virus in Japan

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