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Nature Medicine 12, 596 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nm0606-596b;

Odd epidemic injects shot of doubt about mumps vaccine

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At some point last winter, a single person, probably traveling from the UK, brought the viral illness mumps to the US state of Iowa. From that one individual, the disease has spread to more than 3,090 Americans in 13 states, including ones as far away as New York.

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