IASR Vol.39, No.4 (No.458), April 2018 : Measles in Japan, as of February 2018

Summary of the measles outbreak in Matsuzaka, Ise, and Tsu areas in Mie Prefecture and the measures taken, February 2017
Measles outbreak in Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, February 2017
Measles outbreak in Yamagata Prefecture, March 2017
Measles outbreak originating from parents/guardians attending a primary school entrance ceremony and challenges identified regarding response measures, Kanazawa City, April 2017
Measles outbreak originating from a group of foreigners who travelled extensively in Japan, October 2017
Occurrence of measles in Yamagata Prefecture―Difference in transmission between modified measles and typical measles patients
Analysis of the measles elimination status in Japan in 2016 based on sequence analysis of measles virus
Measles seroprevalence in Japan, FY2017―National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (preliminary data)
Global situation of measles, 2017
Progress and current status of measles elimination in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2008-2017
Large measles outbreak introduced by asylum seekers and spread among the insufficiently vaccinated resident population, Berlin, October 2014 to August 2015 (abridged translation)
Enteroviruses detected through the environmental poliovirus surveillance program (National Epidemiological Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases) in FY 2016