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Genetic characteristics of mumps viruses isolated in Korea from 2007 to 2012.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2016
Kim Seung Tae, Kim You-Jin, Yang Jeong-Sun, Nam Jeong-Gu, Kim Kisoon, Kim Sung Soon, Kang Hae Ji
Abstract excerpt
Mumps is a vaccine-preventable viral disease. Despite vaccine coverage of >95%, the incidence of mumps has increased in Korea since 2007. This study aimed to genetically characterize mumps virus (MuV) strains that circulated in Korea between 2007 and 2012 to determine the factors underlying mumps outbreaks. MuV was isolated from 175 clinical specimens between 2007 and 2012 in Korea. Upon analysis of the SH gene...
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