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Mumps
Studies from A.S. Huang et al provide new data on mumps
May 6th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Routine measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine use has greatly decreased the incidence of mumps in the U.S. However, a resurgence of mumps occurred in 2006." "We investigated the large outbreak at a university and assessed risk factors for disease. We described the outbreak and conducted a case-control study. We interviewed case students (identified from student health service and health department records) and control students (selected from a randomly ordered administrative list) and assessed their vaccination status. We compared case students with >= 2 MMR doses and control students with >= 2 MMR doses in univariate...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-06)
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