Mumps
The WHO website provides a list of certain diseases for which vaccines are available, and a list of some pathogens for which vaccines and/or monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are in development. For each disease or pathogen, a link is provided to a...
- Category: Vaccines & delivery devices
- Organisation: WHO
A substantial increase in the number of mumps outbreaks and outbreak-associated cases has occurred in the United States since late 2015 (1,2). To address this public health problem, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviewed...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Not Specified
BACKGROUND: The effect of a third dose of the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine in stemming a mumps outbreak is unknown. During an outbreak among vaccinated students at the University of Iowa, health officials implemented a widespread MMR...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Not Specified
In Japan, mumps immunization is not mandatory, and the prevalence of mumps immunization among eligible children is only about 30%, raising concerns about increased risk of meningitis, encephalitis and deafness caused by mumps. In 2011, to understand...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Japan
Today, smaller outbreaks of mumps continue to occur, especially among those living in group settings associated with educational institutions, even when these populations have very high rates of 2-dose MMR vaccine receipt. The annual number of cases...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: United States
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