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SUBMITTER: Sasaki H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6789707 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sasaki Hiraku H Fukunaga Tomoko T Asano Ai A Suzuki Yoshio Y Nakanishi Yuko Y Kondo Junzi J Ishikawa Hiroki H Shibata Nobuto N
Vaccines 20190919 3
In Japan, sporadic measles cases increased rapidly in 2019 compared to the past six years. To clarify the persistence of immunity against measles in young adults, this study explored the persistence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody titers against the measles virus in 17- to 24-year-old young participants who reside in the Chiba prefecture of Japan. Measles-specific IgG antibody titers, determined by enzyme immunoassay in serum samples collected from 506 participants, were assessed through stat ...[more]