Figure 1

Weekly weighted standard distance by influenza cases in Japan, from 1999 through 2009. Each map represents the weekly WSD circles calculated for the 1999/2000 through 2008/2009 winter seasons except 2005/2006 season and range from the lowest WSD week (early) to the peak epidemic week (late). The reason for missing map in 2005/2006 was that the peak week came before the lowest WSD week. Early week values are represented by yellow color circles while subsequent weeks are represented by a progressive color scale (changing from orange to red, pink, purple, and blue). Central points of each circle represent geographic mean centers for all prefectures weighted by the magnitude of influenza activity.