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Alternate Name(s): Epidemic parotitis ...... Mumps is an acute , contagious, viral disease that causes painful enlargement of the salivary or parotid glands.
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Mumps Vaccination(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ... Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine and Autism Fact Sheet(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ... Mumps: Health Information for International Travel(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mumps.html
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Mumps is a disease caused by a virus that usually spreads through saliva and can infect many parts of the body, especially the parotid salivary glands. These glands, which produce saliva for the mouth, are found toward the back of each cheek, in the area between the ear and jaw.
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kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/mumps....
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Mumps is caused by a paramyxovirus. Of the more common childhood illnesses, it is the disease with the longest incubation period and can take as long as three weeks from infection to outbreak, which can make it difficult to track down the source of infection. ... What is mumps? ... Meningitis is a serious disease,
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www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/mumps.htm
www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/mumps.htm
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Mumps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of the human species, caused by the mumps virus. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of a vaccine, it was a common childhood ...
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Communicable Disease Fact Sheet, mumps ... If you do not know if you have been vaccinated or had mumps disease diagnosed by a physician, vaccination is recommended.
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www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/mumps/fact...
www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/mumps/fact_sheet.htm
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Mumps is a viral infection that primarily affects the parotid glands — one of three pairs of salivary glands, located below and in front of your ears. If you or your child contracts mumps, it can cause swelling in one or both parotid glands. ... INFECTIOUS DISEASE...
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/mumps/DS00125
www.mayoclinic.com/health/mumps/DS00125
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Infectious Disease Information ... This page has moved. Please update your bookmarks and visit the new CDC Mumps site ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_mumps.htm
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_mumps.htm
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It has been recovered from the saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, blood, milk, and infected tissues of patients with mumps. The virus causes generalized disease. Mumps virus is rapidly inactivated by heat, formalin, ether, chloroform, and ultraviolet light.
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