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Ten-Year Surveillance of Measles Virus from 2007-2016 in Osaka City, Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Mar 2018
Kaida Atsushi, Iritani Nobuhiro, Kanbayashi Daiki, Yamamoto Seiji P, Hirai Yuki, Hakui Noritaka, Fujimori Ryoko, Mori Hiromi, Hirokawa Hidetetsu, Ogasawara Jun, Kubo Hideyuki
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Measles is a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus (MV). This study performed long-term surveillance in order to survey the prevalence of MV. A total of 417 patients diagnosed with or suspected of having measles were tested for MV between January 2007 and December 2016 in Osaka City, Japan. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-based testing of clinical specimens showed that 54...
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