title: Mumps outbreak in Jerusalem affecting mainly male adolescents.
abstract: From mid-September 2009 to 7 December 2009, 173 cases of mumps have been reported in the Jerusalem District. Most cases (82.1%) were male adolescents (median age 14.5 years) who are students in religious boarding schools. The majority of them (74%) are appropriately vaccinated for their age; 67% had received two doses of mumps-containing vaccine. An epidemiologic connection has been reported with visitors from New York, some of whom had recently had mumps.
authors.affiliation: Jerusalem District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Israel. chen.zamir@lbjr.health.gov.il
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stein-Zamir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shoob
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abramson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tallen-Gozani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zentner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D009108:Mumps Vaccine