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Epidemiological characteristics of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the 2012-2013 epidemics in Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Sugishita Yoshiyuki, Shimatani Naotaka, Katow Shigetaka, Takahashi Takuri, Hori Narumi
Abstract excerpt
A large rubella outbreak has been observed since June 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, and a rapid increase in the number of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) cases have also been reported in Japan since October 2012. All the clinically diagnosed and laboratory-confirmed rubella cases reported in Tokyo from January 2012 to December 2013 and all the laboratory-confirmed CRS cases from January 2012 to March 2014 were...
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