Ongoing mumps outbreak in Israel, January to August 2017
In Israel, 262 mumps cases were registered between 1 January and 28 August 2017 despite a vaccine coverage of ≥ 96%. The majority (56.5%) of cases were adolescents and young adults between 10 and 24 years of age. Nearly twice as many cases were reported in males than in females. Sequence information...
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Published in | Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 22; no. 35; p. 2 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Sweden
Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS)
31.08.2017
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) |
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Summary: | In Israel, 262 mumps cases were registered between 1 January and 28 August 2017 despite a vaccine coverage of ≥ 96%. The majority (56.5%) of cases were adolescents and young adults between 10 and 24 years of age. Nearly twice as many cases were reported in males than in females. Sequence information identified genotype G and suggested specific transmission chains in different religious communities, with the Muslim population in Jerusalem being most severely affected. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Correspondence: Judith M Hübschen (Judith.Huebschen@lih.lu) |
ISSN: | 1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917 |
DOI: | 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.35.30605 |