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Japan’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan
- Japanese New Influenza Strain Preparedness Measures
Japan’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan. part 1 · part 2 (pdf, en)
Sources of Information
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (english)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom Action Plan
June 2 2003 (english)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom Action Plan
- Japanese New Influenza Strain Preparedness Measures
Japan’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan. part 1 · part 2 (pdf, en) - Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center - ISDC japanese · english
- Infectious Agents Surveillance Report - IASR A monthly report by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and the Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (english)
- IASR Vol.26 No.8(No.306) 2005 - Zoonoses in Japan (english ToC)
- IASR Influenza Reports by prefecture and by week (english)
National Influenza Center
- Tokyo
Dr Masato Tashiro
National Institute of Infectious Disease
Gakuen 4–7−1
Musashi-Murayama-shi
Tokyo
Japan
Tel: 81 42–561–0771
Fax: +81 (42) 565 2498
Email: mtashiro@nih.go.jp
Scientific Publications
a list of scientific publications relating to the situation in Japan
- HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN JAPAN OIE Follow-up report No. 5 (final report), July 12 2004
- Characterization of H5N1 influenza A viruses isolated during the 2003-2004 influenza outbreaks in Japan (authors: Masaji Mase, Kenji Tsukamoto, Tadao Imada, Kunitoshi Imai, Nobuhiko Tanimura, Kikuyasu Nakamura, Yasunori Yamamoto, Toru Hitomi, Takuhiro Kira, Tadayoshi Nakai, Maki Kiso, Taisuke Horimoto, Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Shigeo Yamaguchi. Virology. 2005 Feb 5;332(1):167–76.) · abstract
News
- Japan unveils plan to tackle bird flu
Science Daily, November 15 2005 - Chickens at Ibaraki farm test positive for antibody to bird flu
Japan Today, 28 August 2005 - Japan halfway through bird flu checks on farms
Reuters, 19 August 2005