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Review
. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1132-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1132.

Mumps and the UK epidemic 2005

Ravindra K Gupta  1 , Jennifer Best, Eithne MacMahon
Affiliations
Review

Mumps and the UK epidemic 2005

Ravindra K Gupta et al. BMJ. .
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Figures

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Fig 1
Incidence of mumps and numbers of confirmed cases reported to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 1962-95
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Fig 2
Mumps notifications and confirmed cases, 1995-2004 by quarter
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Fig 3
Bilateral parotid swelling in a young man with mumps
Fig 3
Fig 3
Bilateral parotid swelling in a young man with mumps
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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