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Monitoring of influenza viruses in the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Tohma Kentaro, Suzuki Akira, Otani Kanako, Okamoto Michiko, Nukiwa Nao, Kamigaki Taro, Kawamura Kazuhisa, Nakagawa Hiroshi, Oshitani Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Influenza has a significant impact on public health when a natural disaster occurs during the influenza season. However, the epidemiological characteristics of influenza following natural disasters have not been well documented due to the difficulty of implementing laboratory-based influenza surveillance in such situations. The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, when influenza was already...
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