Decreased humoral immunity to mumps in young adults immunized with MMR vaccine in childhood [Immunology and Inflammation]

In the past decade, multiple mumps outbreaks have occurred in the United States, primarily in close-contact, high-density settings such as colleges, with a high attack rate among young adults, many of whom had the recommended 2 doses of mumps-measles-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Waning humoral immunity and the circulation of divergent wild-type...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 16, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed, Carole J. Hickman, Marcia McGrew, Sun Bae Sowers, Sara Mercader, Amy Hopkins, Vickie Grimes, Tianwei Yu, Jens Wrammert, Mark J. Mulligan, William J. Bellini, Paul A. Rota, Walter A. Orenstein, Rafi Ahmed, Srilatha Edupuganti Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research