Detection of RNA of mumps virus during an outbreak in a population with a high level of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine coverage.
The duration of mumps virus RNA detection was studied during a mumps outbreak in a highly vaccinated university population. Seven of the eight reverse transcription-PCR-positive specimens were collected during the first 3 days of parotitis, suggesting that viral shedding is minimal after the first 3 days of symptoms.
Bitsko
Rebecca H
RH
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Cortese
Margaret M
MM
Dayan
Gustavo H
GH
Rota
Paul A
PA
Lowe
Luis
L
Iversen
Susan C
SC
Bellini
William J
WJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009107:Mumps / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology*; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors; D014495:Universities; D017201:Virus Shedding
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D012367:RNA, Viral