Public health advice based on routine mumps surveillance in England and Wales.
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In view of the increase in the number of mumps cases in 2009 and of the reports of mumps outbreaks in 2010, we report on the most recently available mumps surveillance data in England and Wales.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 15 38 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010