Laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella infection

Tetsuo Nakayama

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.067

Laboratory diagnosis of measles and rubella infection

Vaccine. 2009 May 21;27(24):3228-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.067. Epub 2009 Feb 28.

Author

Tetsuo Nakayama¹

Affiliation

¹ Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Laboratory of Viral Infection, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan. tetsuo-n@lisci.kitasato-u.ac.jp

PMID: 19446196
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.067

Abstract

Current diagnostic laboratory tests were summarized. Measles outbreak was noted in Japan 2007 and large proportion of the patients was high school, college students, and adult patients, caused by D5 Bangkok type. Through molecular epidemiological study, drastic changes in circulating genotypes were demonstrated since 1984 to present, in Japan.

MeSH terms

Humans
Measles / diagnosis*
Measles / epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rubella / diagnosis*
Rubella / epidemiology