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IASR Vol.21 No.1 January 2000

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Rubella, Japan, 1995-1999

• A nationwide survey for the coverage rates of rubella vaccination by district in Japan, 1997
  
• Decreased rates of rubella virus transmission from infected mothers to fetuses during 1987-1999 in Japan
  
• Postnatal period allowing detection of virus genome for diagnosis of congenital rubella syndrome
  
• Differentiation between primary and secondary rubella infections in pregnant women by measuring the avidity of IgG antibody
  
• Cases of congenital rubella syndrome transmitted from reinfected mothers
  
• Isolation of influenza virus A(H1N1) from an outbreak in a primary school, November 1999 - Miyagi
  
• Isolation of influenza virus A(H3) from an encephalopathy child, November 1999 - Hokkaido
  
• An outbreak of EHEC O26 infection with one symptomatic and 12 asymptomatic cases, September 1999 - Chiba
  
• PFGE analysis of Salmonella Braenderup isolates from two districts, September-November 1999 - Hyogo
  
• A 14-year-old boy suffering from dengue fever and giardiasis after returning from the Philippines, September 1999
  
• Isolation of influenza virus and echovirus 30 from a nasopharyngeal swab, February 1999 - Nagoya City

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