A school-based intervention reduced the mumps attack rate from 4.9% to 0.13% in one community.
Rates of mumps cases in the U.S were at historic lows between 2000 and 2006, with fewer than 300 cases reported annually. In addition, two-dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage in teens has been high (>87%). Nevertheless, between 2006 and 2010, mumps outbreaks in the U.S. have resulted in more than 10,000 reported cases.
In 2009–2010, a mumps outbreak resulted in 3502 cases in New York State and New Jersey. The index case was a fully vaccinated 11-year-old boy who developed mumps after exposure to an outbreak in the U.K. and then attended a summer camp in New York during the infectious period. Subsequently, 25 campers and staff developed mumps, and then the virus spread to 3477 cases in New York City and New Jersey after infected…
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DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Center for Pediatric Practice Based Research Learning; Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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DisclosuresGrant/Research SupportNIH Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Center for Pediatric Practice Based Research Learning; Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Editorial BoardsCurrent Problems in Pediatric Adolescent Healthcare
Leadership Positions in Professional Societies College of Physicians of Philadelphia (Board of Trustees)