Mumps and the UK epidemic 2005
- 12 May 2005
- Vol. 330 (7500) , 1132-1135
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1132
Abstract
As a result of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which was introduced in 1988, the current generation of practising doctors have little experience of mumps infection. Mumps may have permanent sequelae, and not all cases can be diagnosed clinically. Here we explain the basis of the current epidemic and review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, complications, laboratory confirmation, and treatment of mumps.Keywords
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