title: Trends in flavivirus infections in Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology