Live, Attenuated Mumps-Virus Vaccine

Abstract

MUMPS is a common childhood disease that may be severely and even permanently crippling when it involves the brain, testis, ovary, auditory nerves or pancreas. Adult males may be permanently sterilized by mumps. The personal discomfort and time loss from productive effort resulting from ordinary mumps and the serious or even fatal aspect of the extraordinary case appear to justify development and application of a safe and effective live-virus vaccine.A first report in the present series describes the development by Buynak and Hilleman1 of a live, attenuated mumps-virus vaccine referred to as the Jeryl Lynn strain, level B. Early . . .