Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak
Western Pac Surveill Response J
.
2017 Feb 7;8(1):37-39.
doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.4.007.
eCollection 2017 Jan-Mar.
Authors
Aika Watanabe
1
2
,
Yusuke Kobayashi
1
3
,
Tomoe Shimada
4
,
Yuichiro Yahata
4
,
Ayako Kobayashi
1
,
Mizue Kanai
1
3
,
Yushi Hachisu
1
,
Munehisa Fukusumi
2
4
,
Hajime Kamiya
4
,
Takuri Takahashi
4
,
Yuzo Arima
4
,
Hitomi Kinoshita
4
,
Kazuhiko Kanou
4
,
Takehito Saitoh
4
,
Satoru Arai
4
,
Hiroshi Satoh
4
,
Hideo Okuno
2
4
,
Saeko Morino
4
3
,
Tamano Matsui
4
,
Tomimasa Sunagawa
4
,
Keiko Tanaka-Taya
4
,
Makoto Takeda
5
,
Katsuhiro Komase
5
,
Kazunori Oishi
4
Affiliations
1
Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
2
Department of Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan.
3
Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
4
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
5
Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
PMID:
28409058
PMCID:
PMC5375098
DOI:
10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.4.007
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Adolescent
Adult
Airports*
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Genotype
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Measles / epidemiology*
Measles / virology*
Measles virus / genetics*
Middle Aged
Young Adult