The Largest Measles Outbreak, Including 38 Modified Measles and 22 Typical Measles Cases in Its Elimination Era in Yamagata, Japan, 2017

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 71; no. 6; pp. 413 - 418
• Main Authors: Komabayashi, Kenichi, Seto, Junji, Tanaka, Shizuka, Suzuki, Yu, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Onuki, Noriko, Yamada, Keiko, Ahiko, Tadayuki, Ishikawa, Hitoshi, Mizuta, Katsumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 30.11.2018; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Communicable Diseases, Imported - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Imported - pathology; Communicable Diseases, Imported - prevention & control; Communicable Diseases, Imported - transmission; Disease Outbreaks; Disease Transmission, Infectious; elimination era; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Genomes; Genotype; Genotypes; Humans; Immunity; Importation; imported measles; Incidence; Infant; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Measles; Measles - epidemiology; Measles - pathology; Measles - prevention & control; Measles - transmission; Measles Vaccine - administration & dosage; Measles Vaccine - immunology; Measles virus - classification; Measles virus - genetics; Measles virus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Outbreaks; primary case; Signs and symptoms; vaccination; Vaccines; Viruses; Young Adult; Japan; primary case; imported measles; elimination era; vaccination

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 genoty...