Difficulty with mumps diagnosis: What is the contribution of mumps mimickers?

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Hatchette, Todd F ^a,b   Mahony, James B ^c   Chong, Sylvia ^c   LeBlanc, Jason J ^a  

^a Laboratory Medicine   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Mimickers; Mumps virus; Nova Scotia; Parotitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PAROTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NOVA SCOTIA; PAROTITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549124028     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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