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Mumps Vaccines
Reports from Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Infectious Disease highlight recent research in mumps vaccines
July 30th, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Detection of measles- and mumps-specific IgG antibodies in paired serum and oral fluid samples from Norwegian conscripts,' new data in mumps. According to a study from Oslo, Norway, "The aim of this study was to measure the seroprevalence to mumps in Norwegian conscripts belonging to the first children vaccination cohorts that had been offered two doses of MMR vaccine. The seroprevalence to mumps was 76% with the Microimmune assay and 85% with the Enzygnost assay." "We also compared the performance of the Microimmune assay for detection of mumps-and measles-specific IgG antibodies in 340 paired serum and oral fluid samples from the conscripts and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-30)
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