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RT-PCR based diagnosis and molecular characterisation of mumps viruses derived from clinical specimens collected during the 1996 mumps outbreak in Portugal
1 Aug 1997
Abstract excerpt
Clinical specimens collected during an outbreak of mumps were characterised by RT-PCR, nested PCR, and nucleotide sequencing. Mumps virus was positively identified in 12/21(57%) saliva, 9/21(43%), throat and 1/33(3%) urine specimens and further sequence comparison revealed that at least six strains of viruses, which differed from 0-9.43% at the nucleotide levels, were cocirculating during the epidemic. However,...
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