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IASR Vol. 40,
No.8 (No.474) August 2019


  topicRubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Japan as of May 2019

  • Clinical characteristics of congenital rubella syndrome: an experience in Vietnam
  • Policy history of routine vaccination against rubella
  • Summary and measures against rubella outbreak in Ibaraki Prefectural Office, December 2018
  • Response to the transition to total inspection for rubella in the Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health
  • Virological changes in rubella virus in recent years
  • Rubella vaccination status and seroprevalence in Japan, FY2018–National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine–Preventable Diseases (provisional results)
  • Assessment on replacement of rubella HI titer (1: 8 or less)
  • The 5th stage of routine vaccination against rubella: current practices and challenges, Naha City
  • Implementation of rubella antibody tests at routine workers’ health examinations as of the end of June 2019
  • Efforts against rubella in a company
  • Response to measles outbreaks among low vaccination uptake group, Tsu Public Health Center, Mie Prefecture, January 2019
  • An outbreak of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in an elderly facility, Kobe City, June 2018

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