Laboratory Diagnosis of Mumps in a Partially Immunized Population: The Nova Scotia Experience

BACKGROUND: In 2007, Atlantic Canada experienced a large outbreak of mumps predominately in university students who had received a single dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The present study describes the performance characteristics of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR...

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Main Authors: TF Hatchette, R Davidson, S Clay, J Pettipas, J LeBlanc, S Sarwal, M Smieja, KR Forward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/493275
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