Mumps

Question 1

cases

Answer 1

• 176 cases in sept 2017
• normally cases range from 4-8 a year b/c we have vaccinations for this
• most cases were initially from uni students 18-29
• some individuals were vaccinated but still got infected (vaccine is 85% effective)
• sports teams are to blame and are at risk b/c a lot of interactions with bodily fluids
• this out break spread to NHL uni hockey and football teams

Question 2

What is the genus?

Answer 2

Rubulavirus (-ssRNA virus)

Question 3

What is the portal of entry?

Answer 3

• mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract
• generally infects children between 2 and 12

Question 4

What are the signs and symptoms of mumps?

Answer 4

• parotitis- swelling of the salivary glands face pain headache and sore throat
• some infections may be asymptomatic; makes it hard to catch

Question 5

susceptibility

Answer 5

unimmunized individuals are at risk

fomite transmission or person to person

Question 6

What is the incubation period?

Answer 6

the time it takes for an infection to develop after a person has been exposed to a disease-causing organism
12-24 days
infects via the respiratory tract enters blood and many organs (mainly the salivary glands)

Question 7

What is Fomite transimission?

Answer 7

inanimate object that can transfer viruses

Question 8

what is the treatment for mumps?

Answer 8

comfort care only… soft fluids, warm water gargles

Question 9

How can mumps be prevented?

Answer 9

MMR vaccine

Answer 10

• virus infects the salivary glands
• was once among the more common of childhood diseases
• nearly nonexistent in developed nations due to effective childhood immunization
• infections in late winter or early spring still occur in countries that lack an effective immunization programs
• patients suffer from inflammation of the tests meninges or pancreas and rarely deafness in one ear

Question 11

MMR vaccine

Answer 11

MMR (measles mumps rubella)

some speculation- bad science links thimerosal vaccines in autism