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Mumps outbreaks in a highly vaccinated population: Investigation of a neutralization titre against the current circulating wildtype genotype G5 mumps virus.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2016
Kenny Lena, O'Kelly Edwin, Connell Jeff, De Gascun Cillian, Hassan Jaythoon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mumps outbreaks continue to occur globally, despite high levels of uptake of the mumps vaccine. OBJECTIVES: In order to address immunity to the current circulating wildtype virus, we sought to determine a mumps G5 specific IgG quantitative value which correlates with genotype G5 specific neutralization ability in vitro. STUDY DESIGN: Sera from 199 individuals including controls and acute mumps cases...
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