Journal article
Difficulty with mumps diagnosis: What is the contribution of mumps mimickers?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mumps is a vaccine preventable disease that typically presents with unilateral or bilateral parotitis. In February 2007, mumps re-emerged in university students in Nova Scotia. Despite highly sensitive methods for mumps virus detection, only 14% (298/2082) of cases during the peak of the outbreak were laboratory confirmed.
OBJECTIVES: Due to the low positivity rate, this study investigated whether infection with other viral …
Authors
Hatchette TF; Mahony JB; Chong S; LeBlanc JJ
Journal
Journal of Clinical Virology, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 381–383
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.024
ISSN
1386-6532