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Japan - Flash report of influenza virus in Japan, 2010/11 season

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Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 36 (September 6-12) of 2010 to week 51 (December 20-26) of 2010

In Japan, prefectural and municipal public health institutes (PHIs) report isolation/detection of infectious agents from specimens collected by sentinel clinics and hospitals under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, other medical institutions and health centers

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The number of reports of detection/isolation of AH1pdm decreased from week 4 of 2010 and kept a low level after week 12 of 2010. After week 28, the number of reports of detection/isolation of AH3 exceeded that of AH1pdm. From week 49, the number of detection/isolation of AH1pdm increased

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From week 36 of 2010 (the first week of the 2010/11 season) to week 51 of 2010, isolation/detection of AH1pdm from 436 cases in 33 prefectures, seasonal AH3 from 645 cases in 41 prefectures, B/Victoria lineage from 35 cases in 11 prefectures, B/Yamagata lineage from 4 cases in 2 prefectures and B/lineage not determined from 7 case in 5 prefectures were reported

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From week 47 (November 22-28) of 2010 to week 51 (December 20-26) of 2010 (as of December 28, 2010)

During five weeks from week 47 to week 51 of 2010, isolation/detection of AH1pdm from 290 cases in 26 prefectures, AH3 from 273 cases in 22 prefctures, B/Victoria lineage from 18 cases in 7 prefectures and B/lineage not determined from 3 cases in 2 prefectures were reported

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The proportion of AH1pdm (290 cases) to all influenza virus (584 cases) is 50%. Of 584 cases, 4 were imported cases (AH1pdm from all 4 cases)

Infectious Disease Surveillance Center "IDSC"http://idsc.nih.go.jp/iasr/influ-e.html more details
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