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Article: Third dose of mumps vaccine may halt outbreaks.(Infectious Diseases)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- November 15, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- Despite recent mumps outbreaks in vaccinated populations, a two-dose vaccination strategy appears effective, according to findings from an analysis of the 2006 mumps outbreak in the United States.
That said, a third dose may be warranted during an outbreak. Dr. Jane Seward suggested during a presentation at the joint annual meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
"A resurgence of mumps in countries using mumps vaccine programs should be kept in the perspective of the tremendous gains from the entire program," said Dr. Seward, deputy director of the ...