Mumps outbreak on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, December 2008-January 2009

C Roberts; G Porter-Jones; J Crocker; J Hart

doi:10.2807/ese.14.05.19109-en

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Mumps outbreak on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, December 2008-January 2009
C Roberts¹ , G Porter-Jones¹ , J Crocker¹ , J Hart¹
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Affiliations: ¹ North Wales Health Protection Team, National Public Health Service for Wales, Mold, Flintshire, United Kingdom

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J Hart
Judy.Hart nphs.wales.nhs.uk
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Citation style for this article: Roberts C, Porter-Jones G, Crocker J, Hart J. Mumps outbreak on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, December 2008-January 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(5):pii=19109. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.05.19109-en Received: 03 Feb 2009

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Abstract

Twenty-three cases of clinical mumps in young people have been reported in North Wales over a five-week period since late December 2008. All cases have social links, and most of them have received two doses of mumps-containing vaccine.