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IASR Vol.21 No.4 April 2000

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Acute viral hepatitis, April-December 1999

• Importance of molecular epidemiological investigation in hepatitis A incidents
  
• Decrease in mother-to-child hepatitis B infection by immunization of newborns since 1986 in Japan
  
• Isolation of influenza virus type B, January-February - Sendai City, Osaka City
  
• Isolation of enterovirus 71 from hand, foot and mouth disease cases, October-December 1999 - Kitakyushu City
  
• An outbreak of Shigella flexneri 2a infection among guests at a health resort hotel, October 1999
  
• Isolation of the same type Vibrio parahaemolyticus from both patients and incriminated foodstuffs in two outbreaks, August-September 1999 - Saitama
  
• AIDS and HIV infections in Japan, January-February 2000
  

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