A total of 162 autochthonous dengue cases were reported in Japan in 2014, after the absence of any such cases for approximately 70 years. During this period of dengue outbreak, vector control using an insecticide was performed for
Aedes albopictus at almost all areas where dengue virus transmission was suspected.
On March 28, 2015, an urgent symposium and public lecture was held in the 67th annual meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology by Professor Shigeto Yoshida, the President/Chairperson. Three scientists agreed to give a presentation in this meeting, which was titled “Autochthonous dengue outbreak in Japan after a blank of 70 years and the future prediction of such cases”. Here their topics are published in this Journal, as part of a special issue. To ensure that an outbreak of dengue fever which will inevitably occur in Japan in the near future is better managed, it is important to understand the conditions underlying the autochthonous dengue outbreak in Japan in 2014. This program will provide a considerable amount of valuable information to all members of the Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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