National Surveillance of Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy in Japan over Six Years, before and during the 2009–2010 Influenza Pandemic

• Yoshiaki Gu ,

  * E-mail: ygu@med.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Regional Cooperation for Infectious Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Field Epidemiology Training Program-Japan/Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tomoe Shimada,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshinori Yasui,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuki Tada,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mitsuo Kaku,

  Affiliation Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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• Nobuhiko Okabe

  Affiliations Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, Kawasaki, Japan

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