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Investigation of mumps vaccine failures in Minsk, Belarus, 2001-2003.
Vaccine - 11 Jun 2007
Atrasheuskaya Alena V, Blatun Elena M, Kulak Michail V, Atrasheuskaya Alina, Karpov Igor A, Rubin Steven, Ignatyev George M
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to investigate mumps vaccine failures (VF) in a highly vaccinated population of Minsk, Belarus, and to investigate a possible role for virus strain-specific immunity. During our 3-year study period, 22 adults were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Minsk with a diagnosis of mumps. A genotype H1 mumps virus (MuV) strain was identified in all patients. Of 15 patients from...
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