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Ongoing rubella epidemic in Osaka, Japan in 2018–2019

Authors :
Daiki Kanbayashi
Takako Kurata
Hideyuki Kubo
Atsushi Kaida
Seiji P Yamamoto
Kazutaka Egawa
Yuki Hirai
Kazuma Okada
Ryo Ikemori
Takahiro Yumisashi
Akira Yamamoto
Hideki Yoshida
Takanori Hirayama
Kazuyoshi Ikuta
Kazushi Motomura
Source :
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 48-50 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2021.

Abstract

A large rubella epidemic is currently ongoing since 2018 in Osaka, Japan. The detected rubella viruses were classified into genotypes 1E lineage 2 and 2B lineage 1. These strains may have been imported from endemic countries, and these viruses spread within the susceptible population.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20947321 and 20947313
Volume :
11
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7efc2e412e184a6d9ea497b72d9cb015
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.3.001