Mumps outbreak on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, December 2008-January 2009.
Twenty-three cases of clinical mumps in young people have been reported in North Wales over a five-week period since late December 2008. All cases have social links, and most of them have received two doses of mumps-containing vaccine.
Roberts
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North Wales Health Protection Team, National Public Health Service for Wales, Mold, Flintshire, United Kingdom.
Porter-Jones
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Crocker
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Hart
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
D009108:Mumps Vaccine