xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> “Health Ministry to Probe Rise in Measles Cases”

“Health Ministry to Probe Rise in Measles Cases”

Daily Yomiuri (www.yomiuri.co.jp) (04/23/01)

In Japan, a special investigation is being launched by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry into the recent fivefold increase in the number of adults infected with measles. The number of adult cases reported between January and March this year was 172, compared with 33 cases during the same period in 2000.

According to sources, the ministry intends to create a team of pediatricians and other medical experts to examine solutions to the problem.

The National Institute of Infectious Disease reports that the number of adults aged 18 and over with measles during the January to March period of this year increased 5.2 times over last year, while the number of children infected during this period rose 2.5 times over last year. The total number of people coming down with measles is expected to increase even more during the peak measles seasons of spring and summer.

The team put together by the ministry intends to collect information on the total number of people aged 18 and over who contracted measles, their record of vaccination, and how the disease affected patients by selecting cities in Japan with populations of approximately 1 million people and studying them for three years.

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President

 

The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc.

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Bangalow NSW 2479

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