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What specimens should be collected from patients who meet the mumps clinical case definition?

April 26, 2017Case clinical collected definition meet Mumps Patients specimens

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What specimens should be collected from patients who meet the mumps clinical case definition?

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CDC recommends that a buccal or oral swab specimen and a blood specimen be collected from all patients with clinical features compatible with mumps. See Materials and Methods for Specimen Collection, Storage, and Shipment for detailed instructions regarding recommended samples for mumps testing.