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The Largest Measles Outbreak, Including 38 Modified Measles and 22 Typical Measles Cases in Its Elimination Era in Yamagata, Japan, 2017.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Nov 2018
Komabayashi Kenichi, Seto Junji, Tanaka Shizuka, Suzuki Yu, Ikeda Tatsuya, Onuki Noriko, Yamada Keiko, Ahiko Tadayuki, Ishikawa Hitoshi, Mizuta Katsumi
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of modified measles (M-Me), characterized by milder symptoms than those of typical measles (T-Me), has been increasing in Japan. However, the outbreak dominated by M-Me cases has not been thoroughly investigated worldwide. The largest importation-related outbreak of measles with genotype D8 occurred in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, from March to April 2017. This phenomenon was observed after Japan had...
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