Attenuation of antibody titer of measles and rubella virus among university students of department of healthcare providers during 2015-2018 in Japan

CONCLUSION: This report describes the speed of attenuation and the epidemiological situation. The speed of attenuation can be expected to rise. Therefore, additional vaccination every several years might be necessary to maintain a protection level if a disease is almost eliminated.PMID:34120763 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.040

Source: Vaccine - June 14, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Junko Kurita Tomomi Uematsu Naomi Sakurai Tamie Sugawara Yasushi Ohkusa Naoto Yamaguchi Source Type: research