Prescription Surveillance and Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing to Identify Pathogens during Outbreaks of Infection

<table>Number of reported RSV cases from sentinel medical institutions in Japan. There are approximately 500 sentinel medical institutions in Japan, which are selected from those equipped with departments of pediatrics and internal medicine and with more than 300 beds.</table>

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Figure 1: Prescription Surveillance and Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing to Identify Pathogens during Outbreaks of Infection 