Open AccessOngoing rubella outbreak among adults in Tokyo, Japan, June 2012 to April 2013
Author(s) -
Yoshiyuki Sugishita,
Takuri Takahashi,
Narumi Hori,
Mitsuru Abo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.2.011
Subject(s) - outbreak , rubella , virology , geography , demography , medicine , measles , vaccination , sociology
A large rubella outbreak has been occurring in Tokyo, Japan since June 2012. Rubella vaccination, introduced in Japan in 1976, has targeted different age groups, resulting in a large proportion of the current population being unvaccinated.
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