Mumps Outbreak in Orthodox Jewish Communities in the United States

2012170 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Albert E. Barskey · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Cynthia Schulte · New York State Department of Health

Jennifer B. Rosen · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Elizabeth F. Handschur · New Jersey Department of Health

Elizabeth Rausch-Phung · New York State Department of Health

Margaret K. Doll · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Abstract

The epidemiologic features of this outbreak suggest that intense exposures, particularly among boys in schools, facilitated transmission and overcame vaccine-induced protection in these patients. High rates of two-dose coverage reduced the severity of the disease and the transmission to persons in settings of less intense exposure.

Topics & Keywords

Virology and Viral Diseases Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 367, Issue 18, pp. 1704-1713

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1202865

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