Trends in Flavivirus Infections in Japan

Abstract

Although Japanese encephalitis has declined as an important cause of illness and death in Japan, infection with other flaviviruses has become a public health concern. Recently, reports of imported dengue cases, as well as isolations of tick-borne encephalitis virus, have increased.

Keywords

• dengue
• Flavivirus
• Japan
• Japanese encephalitis
• tick-borne encephalitis