Geographic and Temporal Trends in Influenzalike Illness, Japan, 1992–1999

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sakai, Takatsugu ; Suzuki, Hiroshi ; Sasaki, Asami ; Saito, Reiko ; Tanabe, Naohito ; Taniguchi, Kiyosu
• Description:
  From 1992 to 1999, we analyzed >2.5 million cases of influenzalike illness (ILI). Nationwide influenza epidemics generally lasted 3-4 months in winter. Kriging analysis, which illustrates geographic movement, showed that the starting areas of peak ILI activity were mostly found in western Japan. Two spreading patterns, monotonous and multitonous, were observed. Monotonous patterns in two seasons featured peak ILI activity that covered all of Japan within 3 to 5 weeks in larger epidemics with new antigenic variants of A/H3N2. Multitonous patterns, observed in the other five seasons, featured peak ILI activity within 12 to 15 weeks in small epidemics without new variants. Applying the kriging method allowed better visualization and understanding of spatiotemporal trends in seasonal ILI activity. This method will likely be an important tool for future influenza surveillance in Japan.
• Subjects:
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human
  • Japan
  • Population Surveillance
  • Regression Analysis
  • Seasons
  • Statistics As Topic
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(10):1822-1826.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14610/cdc_14610_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f165f8f6141ebd73e7b5c039af01d6a2e5712bc68fcd0a8160648a0a993c410e