Molecular Epidemiology of Rubella Virus Strains Detected Around the Time of the 2012–2013 Epidemic in Japan

Molecular Epidemiology of Rubella Virus Strains Detected Around the Time of the 2012–2013 Epidemic in Japan

A nationwide rubella epidemic occurred from 2012 to 2013 in Japan, resulting in around 17,000 rubella cases and the birth of 45 infants with congenital rubella syndrome. The aim of this study was to genetically characterize the rubella viruses (RVs) circulating around the time of the epidemic in Jap...

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Main Authors: Yoshio Mori, Masahiro Miyoshi, Masayuki Kikuchi, Masao Sekine, Masahiro Umezawa, Miwako Saikusa, Yuki Matsushima, Masae Itamochi, Yoshihiro Yasui, Daiki Kanbayashi, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Kyoko Akiyoshi, Chika Tatsumi, Shuichi Zaitsu, Mayumi Kadoguchi, Noriyuki Otsuki, Kiyoko Okamoto, Masafumi Sakata, Katsuhiro Komase, Makoto Takeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
rubella virus
molecular epidemiology
genotype
epidemic
Japan
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01513/full

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