Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (2), 136-138, 2006

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Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications

A Diffuse Outbreak of Hepatitis E in Mie Prefecture, 2005

Yoko Nakano, Akinori Yamauchi, Takuya Yano, Osamu Nakayama, Haruko Sakai1, Yuji Nagasaka2, Seiji Itaba3, Yoshiki Tabata3 and Akira Sugiyama*

Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Mie 512-1211; 1Mie Prefectural Kuwana Health Center, Mie 511-8567; 2Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Health Center, Mie 510-8511; and 3Division of Health and Welfare, Mie Prefecture Government, Mie 514-8570, Japan

Communicated by Tatsuo Miyamura

(Accepted February 7, 2006)


*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Mie Prefectural Insititute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 3690-1, Sakura-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie 512-1211, Japan. Fax: +81-59-329-3004, E-mail: sugiya00@pref.mie.jp


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