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Assessing herd immunity against rubella in Japan: a retrospective seroepidemiological analysis of age-dependent transmission dynamics

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to epidemiologically assess rubella herd immunity as a function of time, age and gender in Japan, with reference to the recent 2012–2014 rubella epidemic. DESIGN: This study is a retrospective seroepidemiological analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The susceptible fraction of the po...

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Autores principales: Kinoshita, Ryo, Nishiura, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009928