• Action plan toward improvement of measles vaccination coverage and measles elimination - the Japan Pediatric Society
  
• Foundation of the Children's Immunization Week - the Japan Medical Association and Japan Pediatric Association
  
• Activity of the MHLW research group on measles in Japan
  
• Current progress in measles elimination in Okinawa
  
• Strategy toward measles elimination in Hokkaido
  
• A measles outbreak among university students due to genotype H1 virus, May-June 2003 - Ishikawa
  
• A measles outbreak in adults due to genotype H1 virus at the local government building, April-May 2003 - Nagano
  
• A measles outbreak among university students due to genotype H1 virus during local epidemic in 2003 - Kagoshima
  
• A local measles epidemic due to genotype H1 virus in 2003 - Chiba
  
• Measles antibody prevalence and vaccine coverage in Japan, 2002 - National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  
• Isolation of measles viruses in Vero/hSLAM cells expressing measles virus receptors
  
• Clinical significance of measurement of measles IgG antibody avidity
  
• An International Symposium on Measles, January 2004 - Tokyo
  
• A notice on immunization practice from Director, Health Service Bureau, MHLW: revision of standard age of measles vaccination, etc., November 2003
  
• Isolation of influenza virus type AH3 from a young child diagnosed as influenza encephalopathy and its treatment, January 2004 - Osaka
  
• An outbreak of norovirus genogroup II gastroenteritis at a kindergarten, October 2003 - Shiga
  
• An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis food poisoning caused by cream puffs and cakes sold at a confectionery, July 2003 - Hiroshima City
  
• An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis food poisoning at a primary school, November 2003 - Fukui
  
• An outbreak of ETEC O169:H41 food poisoning caused by lunch prepared at a kitchen of a business place, July 2003 - Hiroshima City
  

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