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An Epidemiological Analysis of Summer Influenza Epidemics in Okinawa.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2000
Sunagawa Satoko, Iha Yoshikazu, Taira Katsuya, Okano Sho, Kinjo Takeshi, Higa Futoshi, Kuba Kazufumi, Tateyama Masao, Nakamura Katsunori, Nakamura Shota, Motooka Daisuke, Horii Toshihiro, Parrott Gretchen L, Fujita Jiro
Abstract excerpt
Objective This study evaluates the difference between winter influenza and summer influenza in Okinawa. Methods From January 2007 to June 2014, weekly rapid antigen test (RAT) results performed in four acute care hospitals were collected for the surveillance of regional influenza prevalence in the Naha region of the Okinawa Islands. Results An antigenic data analysis revealed that multiple H1N1 and H3N2 viruses...
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