Systematic Framework for Interpreting Laboratory-Confirmed Infectious Disease Surveillance Data: A Pragmatic...

Yuzo Arima¹, Kazuhiko Kanou¹, Hirofumi Kato¹+11

• ¹Yuzo Arima, PhD, Tamano Matsui, MD, PhD, and Takeshi Arashiro, MD, PhD, are Affiliate Researchers; Ayu Kasamatsu, MD, PhD, Yusuke Kobayashi, MD, PhD, and Reiko Shimbashi, MD, PhD, are Senior Researchers; Osamu Takahara, MS, and Katsuhiro Komase, PhD, are Research Scientists; Takuri Takahashi, PhD, and Taro Kamigaki, MD, PhD, are Unit Chiefs; and Motoi Suzuki, MD, PhD, is a Division Director; all at the Center for Surveillance, Immunization, and Epidemiologic Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. Takeshi Arashiro is also an Affiliate Researcher, Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. Kazuhiko Kanou, PhD, and Yusuke Kobayashi are also Senior Researchers; Hirofumi Kato, MD, PhD, is a Research Scientist; and Yuuki Tsuchihashi, MD, PhD, is a Unit Chief; all at the Center for Field Epidemic Intelligence, Research and Professional Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.