Mumps outbreak in U.S. necessitates third booster dose of vaccine for at-risk individuals
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
According to a federal experts panel yesterday (25th October 2017), a third dose of mumps vaccine is recommended when there is an outbreak of the viral disease. There have been several mumps outbreaks since 2006 in the United States, especially among students who have already been vaccinated before. Last year 6366 cases of the highly infectious viral infection were reported in the United States.
The year before it was much less at 1329 in 2015. This year till date, around 4600 cases have been recorded. This is one of the highest incidences of this disease in the past 10 years.
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