Co-circulating mumps lineages at multiple geographic scales
Shirlee Wohl, Hayden C. Metsky, Stephen F. Schaffner, Anne L Piantadosi, Meagan Burns, Joseph A. Lewnard, Bridget Chak, Lydia Andreyevna Krasilnikova, Katherine J. Siddle, Christian B. Matranga, Bettina Bankamp, Scott Hennigan, Brandon Sabina, Elizabeth H. Byrne, Rebecca J. McNall, , Pardis Christine Sabeti
The paper analyzes mumps virus circulation in the US using genomic data to show multiple co-circulating lineages and transmission patterns, but finds no evidence of vaccine escape variants.
PLoS Biology · Feb 11, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics