Epidemiology and Laboratory Diagnoses of Rubella in Hokkaido District during the Nationwide Outbreak in Japan, 2011–2013

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 479 - 484
• Main Authors: Miyoshi, Masahiro, Komagome, Rika, Ishida, Setsuko, 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: Adolescent; Adult; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Blood - virology; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Cluster Analysis; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Hokkaido; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Infant; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data; Pharynx - virology; Phylogeny; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - genetics; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; rubella; Rubella - diagnosis; Rubella - epidemiology; Rubella - pathology; Rubella virus - genetics; Rubella virus - isolation & purification; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology; surveillance; Urine - virology; Young Adult; Japan

We report the epidemiology and laboratory diagnostic results of rubella cases from 2011 to 2013 in Hokkaido district, Japan. A total of 150 cases were officially reported as rubella; 102 (68%) involved males and 48 (32%) involved females. The highest proportion of cases were notified in 40–49-year-o...