Humoral immunity to mumps in a highly vaccinated population in Taiwan.
CONCLUSION: The seropositivity to mumps was unexpectedly low in highly vaccinated generations, and with a significant geographical discrepancy in Taiwan, which may have been responsible for the sustained reports of mumps cases in Taiwan.
PMID: 29046249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - Category: Microbiology Authors: Ho YH, Tsai CC, Tsai YW, Wang YC, Lin TY, Lee DJ, Chen CJ Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research
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