• Review of structure and action of botulinum toxin
  
• A botulism case caused by eating home-prepared "izushi" (a fermented fish product), April 2007—Iwate
  
• An infant botulism case requiring a long time to recover, January 2007—Iwate
  
• Summary of laboratory examinations for botulism diagnosis
  
• Botulinum Reference Center activities by cooperation between NIID and PHIs in Japan
  
• Biosecurity measure against Clostridium botulinum and botulinum toxin in compliance with amendment of the Infectious Diseases Control Law enacted in June 2007
  
• Botulinum antitoxin supply from Japan for occurrence of foodborne botulism in Thailand and Korea in 2006
  
• Isolation of influenza AH1 and AH3 viruses in the 2007/08 season, October-December 2007—Toyama
  
• A local outbreak of gastroenteritis due to sapovirus genogroup IV, September-December 2007—Kumamoto
  
• An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea due to sapovirus GIV at a facility for the handicapped, November 2007—Wakayama City
  
• A legionellosis case infected presumably during cleaning of bathtubs for foot bath, September 2007—Kagoshima
  
• An infant tetanus case occurring after a 12-year absence in Japan, 2007—Hyogo
  
• The first isolation of diphtheria toxin-producing Corynebacterium ulcerans from one of 65 dogs in Japan surveyed during December 2006-September 2007—Osaka
  
• Survey for Japanese encephalitis vaccine coverage in fiscal year 2006—Hyogo
  
• Notification of all measles and rubella cases based on revision of the criteria for reporting complying with the Infectious Diseases Control Law, January 2008—MHLW

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