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| MMWR Dispatch
Volume 58, Dispatch November 12, 2009 |
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| Mumps Outbreak
New York, New Jersey, Quebec, 2009 |
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| An outbreak that began in a summer camp in New York has grown to become the largest U.S. mumps outbreak since 2006, when a resurgence of mumps produced 6,584 cases. As of October 30, a total of 179 cases had been identified in New York and New Jersey, and an additional 15 cases had been reported from Canada. The outbreak primarily has affected members of a tradition-observant religious community; median age of the patients is 14 years, and 83% are male. Three persons have been hospitalized. |
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