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Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases in Japan: considerations for pre-travel advice for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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July 2018
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Introduction: In 2019 and 2020, Japan will host two international sporting events estimated to draw a combined 22 million visitors. Mass gatherings like these ones increase the risk of spread of infectious disease outbreaks and international transmission. Pre-travel advice reduces that risk.
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EMBO Mol Med
May 2018
Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire & Unité INSERM 1202, Institut Pasteur, Paris Cedex 15, France.
This year is the 50 anniversary of the reduction in measles in the USA, following introduction of general vaccination, but also the 20 anniversary of a now retracted research paper that suggested a link between the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism, which contributed to falling vaccination rates and re‐emergence of measles cases globally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth risks and precautions for visitors to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Travel Med Infect Dis
December 2018
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Electronic address:
Background: In 2020, Japan will host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 (Tokyo 2020) which will involve a large population influx from various countries to Tokyo, the most populated city in Japan. We summarize the potential health risks for visitors to Tokyo 2020, related to communicable disease risks and other health threats, based on recent national and local surveillance reports.
Methods: We reviewed up-to-date surveillance reports published by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tokyo Metropolitan Infectious Disease Surveillance Center.
Current views and advances on Paediatric Virology: An update for paediatric trainees.
Exp Ther Med
January 2016
Department of Clinical Virology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Paediatric Virology is a bold new scientific field, which combines Paediatrics with Virology, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, Evidence-based Medicine, Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement, Pharmacology and Immunology. The Workshop on Paediatric Virology, which took place on Saturday October 10, 2015 in Athens, Greece, provided an overview of recent views and advances on viral infections occurring in neonates and children. It was included in the official programme of the 20th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and the 18th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, which attracted over 500 delegates from the five continents.
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Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 300333, USA.
Anniversaries of the identification of three human teratogens (i.e., rubella virus in 1941, thalidomide in 1961, and diethylstilbestrol in 1971) occurred in 2011.
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