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Repeated introductions and intensive community transmission fueled a mumps virus outbreak in Washington State
2020-10-21
Abstract excerpt
In 2016/2017, Washington State experienced a mumps outbreak despite high childhood vaccination rates, with cases more frequently detected among school-aged children and members of the Marshallese community. We sequenced 166 mumps virus genomes collected during outbreaks in Washington and other US states, and apply phylodynamic approaches to trace mumps introductions and transmission within Washington. We uncover t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2c0d98f7-7042-5530-90e0-106380536ab5
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.10.19.20215442
