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Mumps
Research from Pennsylvania State University in the area of mumps published
April 29th, 2008
"Paramyxoviruses are responsible for considerable disease burden in human and wildlife populations: measles and mumps continue to affect the health of children worldwide, while canine distemper virus causes serious morbidity and mortality in a wide range of mammalian species. Although these viruses have been studied extensively at both the epidemiological and the phylogenetic scales, little has been done to integrate these two types of data," scientists writing in the Journal of Molecular Evolution report. "Using a Bayesian coalescent approach, we infer the evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics of measles, mumps and canine distemper viruses. Our analysis...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-29)
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