Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak

Authors

  • Aika Watanabe Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
  • Yusuke Kobayashi Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
  • Tomoe Shimada Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yuichiro Yahata Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ayako Kobayashi Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Mizue Kanai Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
  • Yushi Hachisu Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Munehisa Fukusumi Department of Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hajime Kamiya Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takuri Takahashi Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yuzo Arima Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hitomi Kinoshita Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kazuhiko Kanou Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takehito Saitoh Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Satoru Arai Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hiroshi Satoh Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hideo Okuno Department of Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Saeko Morino Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
  • Tamano Matsui Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tomimasa Sunagawa Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Keiko Tanaka-Taya Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Makoto Takeda Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Katsuhiro Komase Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kazunori Oishi Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.4.007

Abstract

After measles elimination was achieved in Japan in 2015, a measles outbreak occurred in 2016. We report on a cluster of five case-patients infected with H1 genotype, who used an airport on 31 July 2016. A possible index case was also identified. International airports pose particular challenges for measles control.

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Published

03-04-2017

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2017): January – March

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Brief Report

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Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 3 [cited 2026 Apr. 2];8(1). Available from: https://ojs-dev.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/517

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