Abstract
Mumps is an acute fever of childhood caused by a single serotype in the Paramyxovirus genus of the Paramyxoviridae family. Efficient infection occurs by direct contact or through aerosols containing virus and most members of a community will be infected at some stage. Peak incidence of infection is in the 5–9 year age band, but many infections are subclinical (approximately 30%). Immunity is sufficiently durable to prevent reinfection and to dampen the rate of virus spread. The virus is a spherical particle of 150–200 nm with a phospholipid membrane bearing protein spikes (V antigen) and an internal helical nucleoprotein (S antigen) containing single-strand negative sense RNA. Antigenic differences between isolates do not appear to have epidemiological significance.
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Coia, J., Cubie, H. (1995). Mumps virus. In: Coia, J., Cubie, H. (eds) The Immunoassay Kit Directory. The Immunoassay Kit Directory, vol 2 / 1 / 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0359-3_25
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