The Jeryl Lynn vaccine strain of mumps virus is a mixture of two distinct isolates.
Sequence analysis of the region of the mumps virus genome encoding the putative small hydrophobic protein gene confirms that it is a highly variable region. Jeryl Lynn, the mumps vaccine strain used in the U.K., is shown to be a mixture of two closely related viruses, both probably of American origin.
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, U.K.
M A
MA
Afzal
A R
AR
Pickford
T
T
Forsey
A B
AB
Heath
P D
PD
Minor
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000235:genetics; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D004279:DNA, Viral; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D014764:Viral Proteins