Mumps: MMR vaccination and genetic diversity of mumps virus, 2007–2011 in Catalonia, Spain

Abstract Background Mumps is a vaccine-preventable disease but outbreaks have been reported in persons vaccinated with two doses of MMR vaccine. The objective was to describe the demographic features, vaccination effectiveness and genetic mumps virus diversity among laboratory-confirmed cases betwee...

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Main Authors: Irene Barrabeig, Andrés Antón, Núria Torner, Tomàs Pumarola, Josep Costa, Àngela Domínguez, the Working Group for the Study for Mumps in Catalonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4496-z