Epidemics of influenza and pediatric diseases observed in infectious disease surveillance in Japan, 1999-2005

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Ohta, Akiko ^a   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^b   Hashimoto, Shuji ^c   Nagai, Masaki ^a   Kawado, Miyuki ^c   Izumida, Michiko ^a   Tada, Yuki ^d   Shigematsu, Mika ^d   Yasui, Yoshinori ^d   Taniguchi, Kiyosu ^d  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Disease outbreaks; Human; Influenza; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 40249106103     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.S14     Document Type: Article

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