Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2009)

Laboratory Diagnosis of Mumps in a Partially Immunized Population: The Nova Scotia Experience

  • TF Hatchette,
  • R Davidson,
  • S Clay,
  • J Pettipas,
  • J LeBlanc,
  • S Sarwal,
  • M Smieja,
  • KR Forward

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/493275
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. e157 – e162

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In 2007, Atlantic Canada experienced a large outbreak of mumps predominately in university students who had received a single dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The present study describes the performance characteristics of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on buccal and urine specimens and immunoglobulin M (IgM) serology in this partially immune population.