Rate and Clinical Characteristics of Mumps Reinfection

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  • Hatanaka Akio
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center
  • Tateishi Yumiko
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Honda Keiji
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Kamada Tomoko
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Tasaki Akihisa
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Kishine Naomi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Takeda Takamori
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
  • Kawashima Yoshiyuki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital

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  • ムンプスウイルス再感染例の頻度と臨床的特徴
  • ムンプスウイルス サイカンセンレイ ノ ヒンド ト リンショウテキ トクチョウ

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Abstract

Mumps infection is anecdotally believed to occur only once over a lifetime. However, in recent years, it has gradually come to be recognized among pediatricians that mumps reinfection is not a rare condition, and some criteria for the mumps reinfection have been proposed. One of the widely accepted criteria is levels higher than 25.8 IU/dl of serum IgG antibodies against the mumps virus and lower than 2.0 IU/dl of serum IgM antibodies. From July 2010 to June 2011, 45 patients with acute swelling of the major salivary gland (s) were enrolled into our survey of mumps reinfection in Tsuchiura Kyodo General hospital. Serum IgG and IgM antibodies against the mumps virus were measured at the initial visit. Ten cases were diagnosed as having primary infection with the mumps virus, while the other 10 cases were diagnosed as having reinfection with the mumps virus according to the criteria. The present study suggests that mumps reinfection is a common condition in patients with acute swelling of the major salivary glands in adulthood.

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