Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 65 (3), 270-272, 2012
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Miyako Kon1, Kaori Watanabe1, Takashi Tazawa1, Kanako Watanabe1, Tsutomu Tamura1, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi2, Masahiro Noda3, Hirokazu Kimura1, and Katsumi Mizuta4*
1Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Niigata 950-2144; Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Gunma 371-0052; 3Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011; and 4Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata 990-0031, Japan
Communicated by Makoto Takeda
(Accepted March 1, 2012)
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