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A protracted mumps outbreak in Western Australia despite high vaccine coverage: a population-based surveillance study

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2019

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Westphal, Darren
Eastwood, Ashley
Levy, Avram
Davies, Jane
Huppatz, Clare
Gilles, Marisa
Lyttle, Heather
Williams, Stephanie
Dowse, Gary

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Lancet Publishing Group

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In 2007–08, a genotype J mumps outbreak occurred among Aboriginal people in northern Western Australia, despite high vaccine coverage. In March, 2015, a second protracted mumps outbreak occurred in northern Western Australia and spread widely across rural areas of the state. This time the outbreak was caused by a genotype G virus and again primarily affected Aboriginal people. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of this outbreak

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/164118

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ANU Research Publications

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30498-5

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2037-12-31

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