Abstract
Summary
The production and variation in titer of interferon during clinical mumps infection was studied in 45 subjects. Serum titers in the clinical disease were highest at 1-3 days and then fell, but on occasion persisted as long as the eighth day of illness. The saliva also contained interferon in concentrations roughly parallel to those in sera taken at the same time. The titers could not be correlated with severity of illnes or observed clinical course.
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