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Mumps
Study results from M.M. Cortese and colleagues broaden understanding of mumps
May 27th, 2008
"The largest reported mumps outbreak at a US college in 19 years occurred in 2006 at a Kansas university with a 2-dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination policy. We assessed vaccine performance and mumps risk factors, including the possibility of waning vaccine protection," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases report. "Case students were compared with a cohort of the university's similar to 19,000 undergraduates. The secondary attack rate for clinical mumps was determined among roommates exposed to case students. Time from receipt of the second dose of MMR vaccine was compared between case students and roommates without mumps....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-27)
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