Current Status of Mumps Virus Infection: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine
Mumps is an important childhood infectious disease caused by mumps virus (MuV). We reviewed the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and vaccine development of mumps.
S. Su, Hsiao-Liang Chang, Kow-Tong Chen
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Analysis of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Titers of Recovered COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 has presented various paradoxes that, if understood better, may provide clues to controlling the pandemic, even before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available. First, young children are largely spared from severe disease.
Jeffrey E. Gold +9 more
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Mumps outbreak among fully vaccinated school-age children and young adults, Portugal 2019/2020
On 16–17 January 2020, four suspected mumps cases were reported to the local Public Health Authorities with an epidemiological link to a local school and football club. Of 18 suspected cases identified, 14 were included in this study.
M. P. Duque +8 more
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Perspective on Global Measles Epidemiology and Control and the Role of Novel Vaccination Strategies
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine preventable disease. Measles results in a systemic illness which causes profound immunosuppression often leading to severe complications.
Melissa M. Coughlin +3 more
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Introduction. Registration of regular epidemic outbreaks of mumps infection among young people, difficulties in the clinical diagnosis of the disease, the presence of specific clinical manifestations in adults with a severe course of infection make it ...
Vadislav V. Semerikov +5 more
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Mandatory vaccinations in European countries, undocumented information, false news and the impact on vaccination uptake: the position of the Italian pediatric society. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: High rates of vaccination coverage are important in preventing infectious diseases. Enforcing mandatory vaccinations is one of the strategies that some Countries adopted to protect the community when vaccination coverage is not satisfactory ...
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Background Despite the universal use of the two-dose trivalent measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in the past two decades, outbreaks of these diseases still occur in countries with high vaccine uptake, giving rise to concerns about primary and secondary
Julie Schenk +5 more
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Mumps Complications and Effects of Mumps Vaccination, England and Wales, 2002–2006
We analyzed data from hospital admissions and enhanced mumps surveillance to assess mumps complications during the largest mumps outbreak in England and Wales, 2004–2005, and their association with mumps vaccination.
Chee-Fu Yung +4 more
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Mumps Outbreaks in Vaccinated Populations—Is It Time to Re-assess the Clinical Efficacy of Vaccines?
History illustrates the remarkable public health impact of mass vaccination, by dramatically improving life expectancy and reducing the burden of infectious diseases and co-morbidities worldwide. It has been perceived that if an individual adhered to the
A. R. Connell +3 more
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Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism
The hypothesized link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism continues to cause concern and challenge vaccine acceptance almost 2 decades after the controversial and later retracted Lancet paper from 1998 (1), even though ...
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