The Effect of Repeated Mumps Skin Tests on Skin Sensitivity to Mumps Antigen
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The mumps skin test, developed by Enders et al., in 1945, has been especially useful in identifying individuals who are immune to mumps either as a result of clinical illness caused by the mumps virus or a subclinical infection. A positive skin test can be demonstrated in 98% of persons who have a rise in complement-fixing antibody titer to mumps virus, and skin hypersensitivity may develop from 1 week to 3 months after infection. Although repeated skin tests with mumps antigen are not commonly performed, occasionally it is necessary to repeat a skin test within a few months or a year after a previous one.
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