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Modified adult measles in outbreaks in Japan, 2007-2008.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2009
Nagai Makoto, Xin Ji Yi, Yoshida Naoko, Miyata Akiko, Fujino Motoko, Ihara Toshiaki, Yoshikawa Tetsushi, Asano Yoshizo, Nakayama Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
Different genotypes of C1, D3, D5, and H1 were isolated in outbreaks of 1984, 1987-1988, 1991-1993, and 2001, respectively, when the previous circulating genotype was replaced successively by a new genotype, through molecular studies of measles since 1984 in Japan. In March 2007, several patients with measles were observed in outpatient clinics, who were all young adolescents in high school and university...
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