Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2018)

Rubella Virus Genotype 1E in Travelers Returning to Japan from Indonesia, 2017

  • Daiki Kanbayashi,
  • Takako Kurata,
  • Yuka Nishino,
  • Fumi Orii,
  • Yuki Takii,
  • Masaru Kinoshita,
  • Toshitake Ohara,
  • Kazushi Motomura,
  • Takahiro Yumisashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180621
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 9
pp. 1763 – 1765

Abstract

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Although rubella is epidemic in Indonesia, the phylogenetic profile of circulating rubella virus strains has not been clarified. In 2017, rubella virus was detected in 2 travelers who returned from Indonesia to Japan. These strains were classified into genotype 1E lineage 2, which may be an indigenous strain in Indonesia.

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