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Vaccine Not Fail-Safe in Ongoing Mumps Outbreak

http://www.drugs.com/news/vaccine-not-fail-safe-ongoing-mumps-outbreak-22587.html


10 posted on 06/28/2012 5:39:45 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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“While we are well-vaccinated against mumps in the United States, many countries throughout the world don’t vaccinate at all against mumps,” she said. “There is a lot of mumps circulating globally. This means that anytime there is a potential for importation like happened with this summer camp, there is potential for mumps to be introduced even into a highly vaccinated population.”


15 posted on 06/28/2012 6:10:32 AM PDT by WestwardHo
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