Combining genomics and epidemiology to track mumps virus transmission in the United States.

Combining genomics and epidemiology to track mumps virus transmission in the United States.

Unusually large outbreaks of mumps across the United States in 2016 and 2017 raised questions about the extent of mumps circulation and the relationship between these and prior outbreaks. We paired epidemiological data from public health investigations with analysis of mumps virus whole genome seque...

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Main Authors: Shirlee Wohl, Hayden C Metsky, Stephen F Schaffner, Anne Piantadosi, Meagan Burns, Joseph A Lewnard, Bridget Chak, Lydia A Krasilnikova, Katherine J Siddle, Christian B Matranga, Bettina Bankamp, Scott Hennigan, Brandon Sabina, Elizabeth H Byrne, Rebecca J McNall, Rickey R Shah, James Qu, Daniel J Park, Soheyla Gharib, Susan Fitzgerald, Paul Barreira, Stephen Fleming, Susan Lett, Paul A Rota, Lawrence C Madoff, Nathan L Yozwiak, Bronwyn L MacInnis, Sandra Smole, Yonatan H Grad, Pardis C Sabeti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000611

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