Ongoing rubella epidemic in Osaka, Japan in 2018-2019

• Main Authors: Daiki Kanbayashi (Author), Takako Kurata (Author), Hideyuki Kubo (Author), Atsushi Kaida (Author), Seiji P Yamamoto (Author), Kazutaka Egawa (Author), Yuki Hirai (Author), Kazuma Okada (Author), Ryo Ikemori (Author), Takahiro Yumisashi (Author), Akira Yamamoto (Author), Hideki Yoshida (Author), Takanori Hirayama (Author), Kazuyoshi Ikuta (Author), Kazushi Motomura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A large rubella epidemic is currently ongoing since 2018 in Osaka, Japan. The detected rubella viruses were classified into genotypes 1E lineage 2 and 2B lineage 1. These strains may have been imported from endemic countries, and these viruses spread within the susceptible population.