IASR Vol.38, No.12 (No.454), December 2017 : Tuberculosis in Japan, 2016

IASR Vol. 38,
No. 12 (No. 454) December 2017

Governance and legal framework for tuberculosis prevention and control in Japan: historical description and advancements (the Tuberculosis Prevention Law, the Infectious Diseases Control Law)
Tuberculosis as an imported infectious disease, 2007-2016
Situation update on drug-resistant tuberculosis and treatment effectiveness in Japan based on tuberculosis surveillance data, 2016
Progress in tuberculosis laboratory diagnostic methods
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan
An outbreak of tuberculosis that originated from a detainee at a detention center, February 2016―Shibuya, Tokyo
An outbreak of tuberculosis among customers of a pachinko parlor, 2011-2016
Tuberculosis outbreak among contacts of a young patient with fatal tuberculosis whose access to healthcare was delayed
WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2017
Non-tuberculosis mycobacterial infections
Outbreak of human rotavirus C infection at a daycare center for disabled persons, July 2017―Chiba Prefecture
Suspected metapneumovirus infection outbreak at a nursing home for the elderly, August 2016―Tokyo Prefecture