Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak
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a Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. b Department of Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan. c Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. d Department of Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. e Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan. Submitted: 22 December 2016; Published: 07 February 2017 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.4.007 Exposure to H1 genotype measles virus at an international airport in Japan on 31 July 2016 results in a measles outbreak
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