An investigation of a measles outbreak in Japan and Taiwan, China, March-May 2018

• Main Authors: Kazuki Shimizu (Author), Ryo Kinoshita (Author), Keita Yoshii (Author), Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov (Author), Sungmok Jung (Author), Hyojung Lee (Author), Hiroshi Nishiura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To investigate a measles outbreak that spread to Japan and Taiwan, China during March-May 2018, exploring the characteristics of the super-spreading event. Methods: A contact investigation of the index case and reconstruction of the epidemiological dynamics of measles transmission were co...