The first outbreak of measles virus caused by imported genotype D8 in Jiangsu province of China.

The first outbreak of measles virus caused by imported genotype D8 in Jiangsu province of China. Braz J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 12;: Authors: Deng X, Hu Y, Lu P, Zhou MH, Guo H Abstract Here we reported the outbreak of measles cases caused by the genotype D8 measles virus (MeV) for the first time in Jiangsu province in China, which was possibly imported by a foreign student from Laos. Throat swab specimens were collected, and used to isolate virus. 634-bp fragment of the N gene and 1854-bp fragment of H gene were amplified by reverse transcription-PCR and sequenced, respectively. Phylogenetic results indicated that they belonged to genotype D8 MeV. Further epidemiology investigation showed that the adults with D8 MeV infection did not receive measles vaccine before having measles. In China, almost all D8 genotype MeV only infected those population without receiving measles vaccine immunization. Therefore, it is still necessary to implement the supplement activity of measles immunization target adult with immunity gap. PMID: 30876879 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Braz J Infect Dis Source Type: research