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Current status of measles in Japan: molecular and seroepidemiological studies.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2006
Okafuji Teruo, Okafuji Takao, Fujino Motoko, Nakayama Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
On account of the measles vaccination campaign, with vaccinations carried out on the first birthdays of children, the number of reported cases of measles was reduced to 545 in 2005, which is the lowest so far in Japan. We conducted a molecular epidemiological study of measles virus to determine the circulating measles virus genotypes in Japan since 1984. Different genotypes, C1, D3, D5, and H1, were the major...
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