Mumps outbreak in university students: first detection of mumps virus genotype F in Borneo

• Main Authors: Fong, Siat Yee, Daisuke Mori, Jecelyn Leaslie John, Nelbon Giloi, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2022
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29154/1/Mumps%20outbreak%20in%20university%20students_%20first%20detection%20of%20mumps%20virus%20genotype%20F%20in%20Borneo.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29154/2/Mumps%20outbreak%20in%20university%20students_%20first%20detection%20of%20mumps%20virus%20genotype%20F%20in%20Borneo%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29154/; https://tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s41182-022-00411-w.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00411-w

Background: In October 2016, a mumps outbreak occurred among the students living in the on-campus dormitory of a public university located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. This study aimed to investigate the outbreak and identify the genotype of the mumps virus (MuV) strain that was involved in th...