Etiology of Mumps‐Like Illnesses in Children and Adolescents Vaccinated for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

Autor: Irja Davidkin, Anja Paananen, Pauli Leinikki, Sari Jokinen, Heikki Peltola
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 191:719-723
ISSN: 1537-6613
0022-1899
DOI: 10.1086/427338
Popis: The possible viral etiology of mumps-like illnesses in patients vaccinated for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) was studied by use of serum samples prospectively collected, during 1983-1998, from 601 acutely ill Finnish children and adolescents with mumps-like symptoms. Mumps virus was excluded by testing serum samples for mumps antibodies, and the serum samples were further tested for antibodies to adenovirus, enterovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, parainfluenza virus types 1-3, and parvovirus B19. The serum samples of 114 children
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