Recent Progress toward Measles Elimination in Hokkaido, Japan, during 2011–2012

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 311 - 314
• Main Authors: Miyoshi, Masahiro, Komagome, Rika, Ishida, Setsuko, Kikuchi, Masayuki, Sato, Hiroko, Ito, Harumi, Nagano, Hideki, Okano, Motohiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 2014
• Subjects: Adult; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Hokkaido; Humans; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Infant; Japan - epidemiology; Male; measles; Measles - diagnosis; Measles - epidemiology; Measles - prevention & control; Measles - virology; Measles Vaccine; Measles virus - classification; Measles virus - genetics; Middle Aged; Phylogeny; surveillance; Japan

Laboratory diagnoses for measles were performed in a total of 97 cases in Hokkaido, Japan, during 2011–2012. Two patients were confirmed to be positive for measles virus (MV), both of whom lived in the Iburi district of Hokkaido. Molecular analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the nucleoprotein (N...