Increasing seroprevalence but waning herd immunity against measles after elimination: Longitudinal seroepidemiology of measles in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 2003–2020
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Takako Kurata; Takeshi Miyama; Daiki Kanbayashi; Yuko Kaida; Ikuko Aoyama; Ryo Ikemori; Fumiya Banno; Takuya Kawahata; Haruyo Mori; Kazushi Motomura
- Source
- Vaccine. 40:6581-6588
- Subject
- Immunity, Herd
General Veterinary
General Immunology and Microbiology
Measles Vaccine
Vaccination
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Antibodies, Viral
Infectious Diseases
Japan
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Immunoglobulin G
Humans
Gelatin
Molecular Medicine
Measles
- Language
- ISSN
- 0264-410X
Japan is one of the countries conducting longitudinal serosurveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. We conducted surveillance of the local measles-specific antibody titer, calculated the effective reproduction number (R