Trends in flavivirus infections in Japan.
Although Japanese encephalitis has declined as an important cause of illness and death in Japan, infection with other flaviviruses has become a public health concern. Recently, reports of imported dengue cases, as well as isolations of tick-borne encephalitis virus, have increased.
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National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yamada
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D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology