Transmission potential of modified measles during an outbreak, Japan, March‒May 2018

A recent outbreak of measles in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan ended with 33 measles cases whose symptoms were masked because of insufficient protection against the disease (modified measles). Using quantitative modelling, we determined the transmission potential of measles by clinical presentation (clas...

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Autores principales: Mizumoto, Kenji, Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Chowell, Gerardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921344
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.24.1800239
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author Mizumoto, Kenji
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description A recent outbreak of measles in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan ended with 33 measles cases whose symptoms were masked because of insufficient protection against the disease (modified measles). Using quantitative modelling, we determined the transmission potential of measles by clinical presentation (classic vs modified measles). We found low ascertainment probabilities among modified measles cases, indicating that intensified public health interventions that specifically target this group should be implemented to better contain outbreaks with modified measles cases.
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spelling pubmed-61521992018-10-12 Transmission potential of modified measles during an outbreak, Japan, March‒May 2018 Mizumoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Tetsuro Chowell, Gerardo Euro Surveill Rapid Communication A recent outbreak of measles in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan ended with 33 measles cases whose symptoms were masked because of insufficient protection against the disease (modified measles). Using quantitative modelling, we determined the transmission potential of measles by clinical presentation (classic vs modified measles). We found low ascertainment probabilities among modified measles cases, indicating that intensified public health interventions that specifically target this group should be implemented to better contain outbreaks with modified measles cases. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6152199/ /pubmed/29921344 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.24.1800239 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_short Transmission potential of modified measles during an outbreak, Japan, March‒May 2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921344
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