Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus in Ibaraki, Japan and Its Descriptive Epidemiology

Kurita, Junko; Nagasu, Natsuki; Nagata, Noriko; Okuno, Hideo; Sugawara, Tamie; Ohkusa, Yasushi

doi:10.4236/health.2018.106057

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“…Moreover, children in nursery schools or schools are infected easily because of their group life situation. Outbreaks of infectious diseases might propagate at such facilities [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. They have therefore adopted some measures against infectious diseases and use the Nursery School Absenteeism Surveillance System (NSASSy) to support detection of outbreak situations in the community through surveillance [2] [4] [5].…”

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“…Outbreaks of infectious diseases might propagate at such facilities [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. They have therefore adopted some measures against infectious diseases and use the Nursery School Absenteeism Surveillance System (NSASSy) to support detection of outbreak situations in the community through surveillance [2] [4] [5]. However, because caregivers cannot access this system directly, caregivers of preschool children who do not attend nursery school or kindergarten cannot receive any information from NSASSy.…”

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Providing Infectious Disease Information to Child-Rearing Families and Its Evaluation

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Sugawara³

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Background: Earlier study without actual trial indicated that caregivers needed delivery of information about outbreak situations independently of their job status. This report describes, for about two months in winter, actual delivery outbreak information to families with preschool children. The study objective was to confirm the usefulness of this information delivery. Method: Participants receiving outbreak information were recruited from the Child Care Support Service in a ward in Tokyo, Japan. Outbreak information was obtained from the Nursery School Absenteeism Surveillance System (NSAS-Sy) covering approximately 40% of all nursery schools in Japan, prescription surveillance and other resources. Delivery of outbreak information started in December 2017 and ceased at the end of February in 2018. After the delivery period, a questionnaire survey was administered to participants. Results: For this area, NSASSy showed the most dominant disease was influenza, with 707 patients, followed by group A streptococcal pharyngitis with 98 patients. The outbreak peak was inferred to be as Monday, 22 January, and it was announced by e-mail on 23 January. Of the 202 persons joined this trial, 60 participants responded to the questionnaire survey after the delivery period. Of those respondents, 98% wanted delivery of that information to continue. Conclusion: We found that almost all respondents confirmed usefulness of the information about infectious diseases which was delivered.

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