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JAMA. 2006;295:1636-1637.

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MMWR. 2006;55:173-175

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During 2004-2005, the United Kingdom (UK) experienced a nationwide epidemic of mumps, which peaked during 2005 when 56,390* notified cases were reported in England and Wales. The majority of confirmed cases during 2004-2005 were in persons aged 15-24 years, most of whom had not been eligible for routine mumps vaccination. Mumps usually is a self-limited viral disease that appears as parotitis. However, mumps also can lead to serious complications such as encephalitis or pancreatitis. This report summarizes the epidemiology of the 2004-2005 mumps epidemic in England and Wales.

Reporting was based on notified cases (i.e., clinically diagnosed cases of mumps reported by general practitioners). Since late 1994, laboratory confirmation of all notified cases of mumps has been recommended using a test to detect mumps-specific IgM antibodies in either serum or an oral fluid.¹ The proportion of such cases began to increase in 1999 and increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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