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Hilleman and colleagues: live attenuated mumps-virus vaccine

Contribution grade

Vaccines and immunology · EMPIRICAL

Reference score210,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Reported clinical administration and immune/protection observations for the live attenuated Jeryl Lynn mumps vaccine.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact four-author 1968 NEJM study. It does not absorb strain isolation, manufacturing teams, later MMR formulation, population-effectiveness surveillance or contemporary safety guidance.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1968 NEJM study. It does not absorb strain isolation, manufacturing teams, later MMR formulation, population-effectiveness surveillance or contemporary safety guidance.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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