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Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan

Japan has maintained measles elimination status since 2015. However, sporadic outbreaks of measles have been continuously reported. Here, we report a case of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan. A 28-year-old Japanese woman, who had previously received a dose of the measles vacc...

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Autores principales: Mito, Haruki, Hase, Ryota, Oshima, Nozomu, Ikeda, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01157
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description Japan has maintained measles elimination status since 2015. However, sporadic outbreaks of measles have been continuously reported. Here, we report a case of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan. A 28-year-old Japanese woman, who had previously received a dose of the measles vaccination, experienced fever 5 days postpartum. Subsequently, a maculopapular rash appeared, and she was diagnosed with measles. Moreover, her baby developed a fever and maculopapular rash on the 13th day of life, 2 days after postexposure prophylaxis with intravenous immunoglobulin, and was also diagnosed with measles. Both showed full recovery. This case suggests that measles can still be a threat in a measles-eliminated country, and the administration of two doses of measles vaccination to women prior to childbearing age is crucial to protect newborns from measles.
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spelling pubmed-81319882021-05-21 Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan Mito, Haruki Hase, Ryota Oshima, Nozomu Ikeda, Hiroyuki IDCases Case Report Japan has maintained measles elimination status since 2015. However, sporadic outbreaks of measles have been continuously reported. Here, we report a case of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan. A 28-year-old Japanese woman, who had previously received a dose of the measles vaccination, experienced fever 5 days postpartum. Subsequently, a maculopapular rash appeared, and she was diagnosed with measles. Moreover, her baby developed a fever and maculopapular rash on the 13th day of life, 2 days after postexposure prophylaxis with intravenous immunoglobulin, and was also diagnosed with measles. Both showed full recovery. This case suggests that measles can still be a threat in a measles-eliminated country, and the administration of two doses of measles vaccination to women prior to childbearing age is crucial to protect newborns from measles. Elsevier 2021-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8131988/ /pubmed/34026544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01157 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title_full Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title_fullStr Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title_short Measles in a measles-eliminated country: A case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in Japan
title_sort measles in a measles-eliminated country: a case report of a measles-infected postpartum mother and infant in japan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8131988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01157
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