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MUMPS OUTBREAK TRACED TO VACCINE FAILURE

In 1991, 99.6 percent of schoolchildren in Maury County, Tennessee met vaccination requirements for mumps. Why, then, was there a mumps outbreak? A careful investigation . . .

— RA Dershewitz

Published in Journal Watch (General) January 14, 1994

Covering J Infect Dis 1994 Jan

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Article topics:

  • Medicine…Mumps
  • Medicine…Disease Outbreaks
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