Mumps-containing vaccine effectiveness during outbreaks in two schools in Guangdong, China, 2012

• Main Authors: Su Qi-ru (Author), Luo Hui-ming (Author), Hao Li-xin (Author), Ma Chao (Author), Wang Tao (Author), Zhao Jin-kou (Author), Wang Man (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Mumps-containing vaccine was licensed in the 1990s in China with a single dose administered routinely to children aged 18-24 months since 2008. However, an increase in reported mumps cases during the period 2009 to 2012 casts doubt on the effectiveness of a single-dose mumps vaccinatio...