Epidemiological trends of imported infectious diseases in Japan: Analysis of imported 2-year infectious disease registry data

• Published in: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 632 - 638
• Main Authors: Kutsuna, Satoshi, Asai, Yusuke, Yamamoto, Kei, Shirano, Michinori, Konishi, Keiji, Asaoka, Tomohiro, Yamato, Masaya, Katsuragi, Yukiko, Yamamoto, Yudai, Sahara, Toshinori, Tamiya, Aya, Nakamura-Uchiyama, Fukumi, Sakamoto, Naoya, Kosaka, Atsushi, Washino, Takuya, Hase, Ryota, Mito, Haruki, Kurita, Takashi, Shinohara, Koh, Shimizu, Tsunehiro, Kodama, Fumihiro, Nagasaka, Atsushi, Ogawa, Taku, Kasahara, Kei, Yoshimura, Yukihiro, Tachikawa, Natsuo, Yokota, Kyoko, Yuka Murai, N.S., Sakamaki, Ippei, Hasegawa, Chihiro, Yoshimi, Yusuke, Toyoda, Kazuhiro, Mitsuhashi, Tatsuro, Ohmagari, Norio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Imported infectious diseases; Japan; Registry; Imported infectious diseases; Japan; Registry

The epidemiology of infectious diseases in Japan remains undefined despite the increasing tourism. GeoSentinel, an epidemiological surveillance system for reporting imported infectious diseases, has only two participating facilities in Japan. Although the number of infectious diseases is reported by...