1.Ongoing rubella epidemic in Osaka, Japan, in 2018–2019
Daiki Kanbayashi ; Takako Kurata ; Hideyuki Kubo ; Seiji Yamamoto ; Kazutaka Egawa ; Yuki Hirai ; Kazuma Okada ; Ryo Ikemori ; Takahiro Yumisashi ; Akira Yamamoto ; Hideki Yoshida ; Takanori Hirayama ; Kazuyoshi Ikuta ; Kazushi Motomura ; Atsushi Kaida
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response 2020;11(2):48-50
Abstract
A large rubella epidemic is currently ongoing since 2018 in Osaka, Japan. The detected rubella viruses were classified into genotypes 1E lineage 2 and 2B lineage 1. These strains may have been imported from endemic countries, and these viruses spread within the susceptible population.
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