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Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, week 36/2012-week 5/2013 (as of February 7, 2013)

In Japan, prefectural and municipal public health institutes (PHIs) report isolation/detection of infectious agents from specimens collected by sentinel clinics and hospitals under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, other medical institutions and health centers (Reference figure).
Figure 1. Weekly reports of influenza virus isolation/detection, week 36/2012-week 6/2013
Figure 2. Isolation/detection of influenza virus by prefecture, week 36/2012-week 6/2013
Figure 3. Weekly isolation/detection of influenza virus by prefecture, week 1-week 5/2013

From the beginning of 2012/13 season (from week 36/September of 2012 to week 35/August of 2013), isolations/detections of influenza virus AH3 was dominantly reported and the report increased from week 47 (November 19-25). After the New Year holidays, the report increased again from week 2/2013 (Fig. 1).

In the 2012/13 season, from week 36 (September 3-9, 2012) to week 6 (February 4-10, 2013), isolations/detections of AH1pdm09 from 49 cases in 20 prefectures, AH3 from 1,599 cases in 45 prefectures, B/Victoria lineage from 52 cases in 13 prefectures, B/Yamagata lineage from 60 cases in 17 prefectures and B/lineage not determined from 27 cases in 11 prefectures were reported (Fig. 2).

 src=From week 1 (December 31-January 6) to week 5 (January 28-February 3) of 2013 (as of February 7, 2013)

During five weeks from week 1 to week 5 of 2013, isolations/detections of AH1pdm09 from 23 cases in 11 prefectures, AH3 from 966 cases in 39 prefectures, B/Victoria lineage from 28 cases in 12 prefectures, B/Yamagata lineage from 43 cases in 16 prefectures and B/lineage not determined from 14 cases in 7 prefectures were reported (Fig. 3).

[Reference figure] Weekly cases of influenza and isolation/detection of influenza viruses from week 36 of 2008 to week 41 of 2011

 src=Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 36 (September 5-11) of 2011 to week 25 (June 18-24) of 2011 (as of July 19, 2012)
 src=Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 36 (September 6-12) of 2010 to week 19 (May 9-15) of 2011 (as of September 6, 2011)
 src=Isolation/detection of influenza virus in Japan, from week 19 (May 4-10) of 2009 to week 19 (May 10-16) of 2010 (as of May 13, 2010)
Infectious Agents Surveillance Report, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center,
National Institute of Infectious Diseases

 

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