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'Japanese measles' cases fade after 2007-8 outbreak
The Yomiuri Shimbun
(May. 30, 2012)
No "Japanese measles" cases have been reported in this country since May 2010, although there have been many victims of overseas strains of the disease, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Though a measles strain called D5, or Japanese measles, used to be commonly detected in patients in Japan, none of the 442 measles cases reported in 2011 had this strain. Instead, 57 patients had the D4 strain, the most common type in Europe, 49 patients had the D9 strain, which occurs in the Philippines and other countries, and nine had the D8 strain, which is mostly diagnosed in Australia...
'Japanese measles' cases fade after 2007-8 outbreak
The Yomiuri Shimbun
(May. 30, 2012)
No "Japanese measles" cases have been reported in this country since May 2010, although there have been many victims of overseas strains of the disease, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Though a measles strain called D5, or Japanese measles, used to be commonly detected in patients in Japan, none of the 442 measles cases reported in 2011 had this strain. Instead, 57 patients had the D4 strain, the most common type in Europe, 49 patients had the D9 strain, which occurs in the Philippines and other countries, and nine had the D8 strain, which is mostly diagnosed in Australia...