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SUBMITTER: Mair L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456598 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mair Luke L Relan Pryanka P Hamilton David Oliver DO Al-Noman Abdullah A O'Dempsey Timothy T
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20200901 9
<h4>Background</h4>In 2018, a large mumps epidemic coincided with an outbreak of diphtheria in refugee camps established in Bangladesh for the Rohingya people. These refugees did not receive a mumps-containing vaccine.<h4>Methods</h4>Cases of mumps were reported to the WHO's Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) during the Rohingya refugee crisis. The authors present amalgamated epidemiological data of a major, previously under-reported, mumps epidemic.<h4>Results</h4>In total, 19 215 ...[more]