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Molecular Epidemiological Study of Mumps Epidemics of 2015 in Okinawa, Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 24 May 2017
Kuba Yumani, Kyan Hisako, Arakaki Eri, Takara Taketoshi, Kato Takashi, Okano Sho, Oshiro Yuko, Kudaka Jun, Kidokoro Minoru
Abstract excerpt
Although major mumps epidemics occurred every 4-5 years in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, no laboratory diagnoses were conducted. A mumps epidemic started in Okinawa in October 2014, and we collected clinical samples from 31 patients in 4 areas (Hokubu, Nanbu, Miyako, and Yaeyama) from July to December 2015, for virus isolation and RT-PCR, whose positive ratios were 52% and 87%, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses...
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