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© 1972 Oxford University Press

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The Epidemiology of Rubella on Taiwan II. 1968–1969 Epidemic

JAMES L. GALE1,, J. THOMAS GRAYSTON2, R. PALMER BEASLEY3, ROGER DETELS4 and KENNETH S. W. KIM5

1Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Box 14, APO San Francisco 96263
2Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Box 14, APO San Francisco 96263
3Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Box 14, APO San Francisco 96263
4Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Box 14, APO San Francisco 96263
5Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Box 14, APO San Francisco 96263

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Dr. J. L. Gale.

Gale, J. L (Dept. Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.), Grayston, J. T., Beasley, R. P., Detels, R., and Kim, K. S. W. The epidemiology of rubella on Taiwan. II. 1968–1969 epidemic. Int. J. Epid. 1972,1 : 253–260.

Epidemic rubella occurred on Taiwan in 1968–1969 after absence of the disease from the island for 10 years. Attack rates were highest (84 per cent by serology) in school children born since the previous outbreak living in cities of the northern portion of the island. The epidemic ran its course in a single wave, in the north in 1968. Attack rates were much lower in 1968 in the central and southern portions of the island. A second wave of cases occurred in the south during the spring of 1969, but the disease did not recur in 1970 or 1971, despite remaining susceptibles. Change in season appeared to stop propagation of this rubella epidemic, with transmission of the disease not occurring in the hot summer months.

Received 28 July 1972


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