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. 2009 Oct 13;46(4):381–383. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.024

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Fig. 1 — Distribution of viruses in patients with and without parotitis who had negative RT-PCR for mumps virus. *Would be considered a case according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) mumps case definition, ^ΨNova Scotia case definition included bilateral parotitis with or without epidemiological link as a “case” as such these individuals were classified by Nova Scotia Public Health as cases but not by PHAC definition, hMPV: human metapneumovirus. EBV: Epstein-Barr virus.