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SUBMITTER: Stapleton PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stapleton P J PJ Eshaghi A A Seo C Y CY Wilson S S Harris T T Deeks S L SL Bolotin S S Goneau L W LW Gubbay J B JB Patel S N SN
Scientific reports 20190830 1
In 2017 Ontario experienced the largest mumps outbreak in the province in 8 years, at a time when multiple outbreaks were occurring across North America. Of 259 reported cases, 143 occurred in Toronto, primarily among young adults. Routine genotyping of the small hydrophobic gene indicated that the outbreak was due to mumps virus genotype G. We performed a retrospective study of whole genome sequencing of 26 mumps virus isolates from early in the outbreak, using a tiling amplicon method. Results ...[more]