Epidemiologic trends and distributions of imported infectious diseases among travelers to Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2016 to 2021: a descriptive study.
Ayu KasamatsuKazuhiko KanouMunehisa FukusumiYuzo ArimaShun OmoriHaruna NakamuraTetsuro SatoYusuke SerizawaAsuka TakedaHiroyuki FujikuraChiaki IkenoueShingo NishikiYoshihiro FujiyaTakeshi ArashiroTakuri TakahashiTomoe ShimadaMotoi SuzukiTomimasa SunagawaPublished in: Journal of epidemiology (2023)
The epidemiology of imported infectious diseases changed during the pandemic. While the number of imported infectious disease cases decreased, the number of cases per arrivals increased considerably both in relative and absolute terms for several diseases of public health and clinical importance.