Ongoing rubella outbreak among adults in Tokyo, Japan, June 2012 to April 2013
Introduction: 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. Methods: Rubella cases reported in Tokyo from...
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2013-08-01
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Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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Online Access: | http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/104/321 |