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Life Sciences
Research on life sciences discussed by scientists at Saitama Medical University, Department of Public Health
March 11th, 2008
Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Epidemics of influenza and pediatric diseases observed in infectious disease surveillance in Japan, 1999-2005.' According to a study from Japan, "A method for determining epidemics in small areas from the sentinel surveillance data has been proposed and applied in the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases (NESID) in Japan. We observed epidemics of influenza and 11 pediatric diseases by the method in the NESID in Japan during 1999-2005." "We assumed that an epidemic in a public health center area began in a week when the number of cases reported to the NESID per sentinel clinic and hospital...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-11)
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