Epidemics of vector-borne diseases observed in infectious disease surveillance in Japan, 2000-2005

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

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

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dengue; Disease notification; Disease vectors; Japanese spotted fever; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; PARASITOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PARASITIC DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 40249110108     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.S48     Document Type: Article

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