Time to revisit mumps vaccination in Japan?

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9702, 2009, Pages 1722-

  Sasaki, Toru ^a   Tsunoda, Koichi ^b  

^a Tokyo Kita Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUMPS VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; MUMPS; PAROTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; JAPAN; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MUMPS; PAROTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACCINATION;

EID: 70449336277     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61341-6     Document Type: Article

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