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Mumps outbreak hits students in several Norwegian cities
November 24, 2015 - 06:10
Starting among students in Trondheim, the outbreak has now spread to Oslo and Bergen. Over 80 people are infected so far, more than twice as many as the previous record from 15 years ago.
By: Ingrid P. Nuse
Between eight and 35 people in Norway have been infected by mumps annually in recent years, according to Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, chief physician at the Department of Vaccines for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Those cases have been spread throughout the year, so when over 80 cases erupt in a short time span, it?s a large outbreak in the Norwegian context, she said to forskning.no...
Mumps outbreak hits students in several Norwegian cities
November 24, 2015 - 06:10
Starting among students in Trondheim, the outbreak has now spread to Oslo and Bergen. Over 80 people are infected so far, more than twice as many as the previous record from 15 years ago.
By: Ingrid P. Nuse
Between eight and 35 people in Norway have been infected by mumps annually in recent years, according to Margrethe Greve-Isdahl, chief physician at the Department of Vaccines for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Those cases have been spread throughout the year, so when over 80 cases erupt in a short time span, it?s a large outbreak in the Norwegian context, she said to forskning.no...