Epidemiological outbreaks of measles virus in Kazakhstan during 2015.

This study was addressed to epidemiological surveillance of measles virus (MV) in the territory of Republic of Kazakhstan during 2015 - 2016 years. In our study we have detected D8 genotype of MV occurred in outbreak season of measles disease. Totally 2341 cases were registered and 19 of them were identified by genotyping. As a result, 16 samples attributed to subgroup A of D8 genotype, and 3 import cases were represented by B3 and H1 genotype of MV. Vaccination coverage analysis showed that large group of infected people were not vaccinated and did not have a reliable report on vaccination status. This issue might increase the morbidity rate among the healthy population in outbreak season. To prevent the incidence caused by this problem we have successfully introduced necessary epidemiologic arrangements in controlling of measles. PMID: 29962485 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research