IASR 29-4 Infectious Agents Surveillance Report April 2008

Brief note on control measures against adenovirus infections
Summary of adenovirus isolation from pediatric cases, April 2000-December 2007—Kobe City
Detection of adenoviruses from infectious gastroenteritis and epidemic keratoconjunctivitis cases, 2003-2007—Aichi
Typing of adenoviruses isolated from keratoconjunctivitis cases by genetic analysis, April 2005-March 2008—Kawasaki City
Genetic analysis of evolution of adenovirus type 37 originating from conjunctivitis cases
Molecular epidemiology of adenovirus type 3 having caused a large-scale epidemic of pharyngoconjunctival fever—Hyogo
An epidemic of pharyngoconjunctival fever and isolation of adenoviruses, August 2007-February 2008—Kochi
Comparison of adenovirus isolation rates among five kinds of cells including A549 from keratoconjunctivitis cases—Tochigi
Sensitivity of L20B cells (mouse L cells expressing human poliovirus receptor) to adenovirus type 2—Hyogo
A local epidemic of measles virus genotype D5 and interruption of outbreak by suspending attendance of non-vaccinees, December 2007-March 2008—Akita
Isolation of influenza C virus, February-March 2008—Sendai City
An outbreak of food poisoning due to norovirus GII/4 transmitted through pastry at a primary school and a junior high school, December 2007—Tochigi
Estimation of the excess mortality during the 2006/07 influenza-epidemic season in Japan