IASR Vol.41, No.2 (No.480), February 2020 Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Japan as of December 2019

IASR Vol. 41,
No. 2(No. 480) February 2020

 Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Japan as of December 2019

• Clinical differentiation and symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)
• Japan’s efforts to advance global polio eradication strategy, including GAPIII
• World polio eradication program status and infectious agents surveillance system
• Summary of AFP cases notified to the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID) system
• Pathology of AFP due to enterovirus infection
• Current practices and challenges of AFP pathogen testing at prefectural and municipal public health institutes (PHIs)
• Non-polio enterovirus testing including EV-D68 and EV-A71 in patients with AFP
• “Adequate preparations” and “field cooperation” are essential to pathogen diagnosis of AFP － examination of EV-D68-related AFM case diagnosed in non-endemic period in 2017
• Summary and measures for influenza outbreak at Naha City Hospital, Okinawa Prefecture, August-September 2019
• Treatment of pregnant woman syphilis
• Molecular identification of gastric parasites in Anisakis food poisoning cases, Toyama Prefecture, January-June 2018