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Laboratory-based investigation of suspected mumps cases submitted to the German National Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, 2008 to 2013.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Oct 2015
Mankertz Annette, Beutel Ulrike, Schmidt Franz-Josef, Borgmann Stefan, Wenzel Jürgen J, Ziegler Peter, Weißbrich Benedikt, Santibanez Sabine
Abstract excerpt
From 2008 to 2013, sample sets from 534 patients displaying clinical symptoms of mumps were submitted to the German Reference Centre for Measles, Mumps and Rubella. Mumps virus infection was confirmed in 216 cases (40%) by PCR and/or serology. Confirmed cases were more frequently seen in male than in female patients (128 vs. 81); the age group predominantly affected was 15 to 29 years old (65%, median age: 26.4...
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