1.
Nihon Rinsho
; 61 Suppl 2: 190-4, 2003 Feb.
Artículo
en Japonés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12722212
Asunto(s)
Enfermedad de Boca, Mano y Pie , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Enfermedad de Boca, Mano y Pie/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Boca, Mano y Pie/fisiopatología , Enfermedad de Boca, Mano y Pie/terapia , Enfermedad de Boca, Mano y Pie/virología , Humanos , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular , Picornaviridae , Pronóstico , Pruebas Serológicas
2.
Scand J Infect Dis
; 35(8): 495-7, 2003.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14514151
RESUMEN
A 1998-1999 outbreak of measles in Kawasaki City was studied to provide an up-to-date epidemiological understanding of the disease in Japan. 21 of the 69 total patients (30.4%) seen at the hospital were under 1 y of age. None of the 69 patients had received measles vaccine. 43 out of 50 nasopharyngeal swabs subjected to polymerase chain reaction assay (86%) were positive for the hemagglutinin (H) gene. The measles strain isolated from patients was classified as a D3 genotype. Such outbreaks are important epidemiologically, and these findings shed light on vaccination and immunity patterns in this urban population.