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Mumps
New findings from G. Salmonmulanovich and co-authors describe advances in mumps
March 4th, 2009
In this recent study, researchers in Callao, Peru conducted a study "To prevent transmission among the staff and potentially among the non-human primate (NHP) colony at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment in Peru, where an active case of mumps was discovered in a senior laboratory technician in Sep 03, 2007." "Subjects at the research facility were interviewed and potentially susceptible contacts were tested for mumps IgG. In total, 81 out of 106 staff members (76%) had close contact with the case. Only 6/81 (7%) had MMR, 33 (4 1 %) reported having had mumps, and 8 of 45 (18%) of the potentially susceptible individuals did not have immunity (IgG >...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-04)
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