title: Genotyping and subtyping of mumps virus isolates from the Indian subcontinent.
abstract: Mumps is a vaccine-preventable disease that usually occurs as a self-limiting parotitis, but it can also lead to several life-threatening complications, including pancreatitis, meningitis, and encephalitis. The molecular epidemiology of the virus is poorly understood. The present study describes an outbreak of mumps virus infection in Punjab, India. The etiology was confirmed by serology and RNA detection to be mumps virus in 72 % of the cases and 50 % of contacts. This study, for the first time, revealed the mumps virus genotypes circulating in the Indian subcontinent as subtype G2 of genotype G.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India, bm_mishra@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Baijayantimala
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Sujit Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pujhari
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dhiman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahalakshmi
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bharadwaj
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pokhrel
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Mirnalini
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Radha Kanta
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ratho
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010309:Parotitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012367:RNA, Viral