Measles vaccination status among Japanese university students participating in short-term study abroad programs

Imported measles outbreaks starting with travelers have been successively observed in Japan and non-endemic countries despite a global effort towards measles elimination [1,2]. The Japanese government has been strongly promoting overseas study for young generations including those who were not born and raised in the era of two-dose MR vaccination policy in Japan. Specifically, those aged 19 –28 years (as of 2018) seem to have received a second-dose measles-containing vaccine as target populations for the governmental MR catch-up vaccination campaign [3]; however, vaccination coverage of the campaign did not reach an optimal level (77.0%–88.8% [4]).
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research