Repeated introductions and intensive community transmission fueled a mumps virus outbreak in Washington State

Repeated introductions and intensive community transmission fueled a mumps virus outbreak in Washington State

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 in Washington and other US states, and traced...

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Main Authors: Louise H Moncla, Allison Black, Chase DeBolt, Misty Lang, Nicholas R Graff, Ailyn C Pérez-Osorio, Nicola F Müller, Dirk Haselow, Scott Lindquist, Trevor Bedford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
mumps virus
genomic epidemiology
phylogenetics
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/66448

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