Annual and weekly incidence rates of influenza and pediatric diseases estimated from infectious disease surveillance data in Japan, 2002-2005

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Kawado, Miyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^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

Human; Incidence; Influenza; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 40249119883     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.S32     Document Type: Article

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