Isolation and characterization of mumps virus strains in a mumps outbreak with a high incidence of aseptic meningitis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-275

  Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihiro ^b   Harata, Seizaburo ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Sano, Tsuyoshi ^a   Suto, Tsunehisa ^a   Yamada, Akio ^c   Yamazaki, Shudo ^c   Morita, Morihiro ^a  

^a Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^b Odate Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Mumps virus; P gene; PCR RFLP; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; JAPAN; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; MUMPS VIRUS;

EID: 0029928866     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03346.x     Document Type: Article

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