Correlates of laboratory-confirmed measles in Japan, 2011–2015

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 37; no. 13; pp. 1756 - 1762
• Main Authors: Watanabe, Aika, Shimada, Tomoe, Takahashi, Takuri, Arima, Yuzo, Kinoshita, Hitomi, Saitoh, Takehiko, Kanou, Kazuhiko, Matsui, Tamano, Sunagawa, Tomimasa, Tanaka-Taya, Keiko, Oishi, Kazunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 22.03.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; confidence interval; Confidence intervals; Correlates of measles; Diagnosis; Disease; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fever; Genotype & phenotype; Health surveillance; Illnesses; Immunization; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Japan; Laboratories; Laboratory diagnosis; Measles; Measles elimination; Measles morbillivirus; monitoring; odds ratio; Patients; Physicians; Public health; Regression analysis; Rubella; Statistical analysis; Surveillance; Travel; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viruses; Japan; MCV; OR; aOR; CI; Vaccination; MV; IQR; Correlates of measles; Surveillance; MCV1; MCV2; PPV; Laboratory diagnosis; NESID; Measles elimination

•A study was conducted to identify correlates of laboratory-confirmed measles.•Epidemiological link had the highest association with laboratory-confirmed measles.•International travel and lack of vaccination were also significantly associated.•Our findings can help physicians improve their measles d...