BACKGROUND Before the widespread use of vaccine, mumps was the most common cause of viral meningitis (up to 10% of mumps infections). Vaccination programs have resulted in a drop of more than 99% in the number of reported mumps cases in the United States and Canada. Although rare in Canada, outbreaks have recently occurred throughout the world, including a large outbreak in the United Kingdom, ...

THIS REPORT concerns a patient who died of severe congestive cardiac failure 8 months after the onset of a clinical illness indistinguishable from mumps, characterized by submaxillary gland enlargement, orchitis, pancreatitis, meningitis, and myocarditis. During the past 2 decades, several papers have appeared describing electrocardiographic changes in many patients with mumps,1-5 and clinical ...

Cyclical outbreaks of mumps have been noticed across Chandigarh city during winter months. Chandigarh does not provide measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination in the State immunization schedule. Epidemiological shift in age at diagnosis of mumps was noticed with higher incidence in older children and adults. Increased occurrence of complications can be predicted with this age shift. Silent...

THIS REPORT concerns a patient who died of severe congestive cardiac failure 8 months after the onset of a clinical illness indistinguishable from mumps, characterized by submaxillary gland enlargement, orchitis, pancreatitis, meningitis, and myocarditis. During the past 2 decades, several papers have appeared describing electrocardiographic changes in many patients with mumps,1-5 and clinical ...

UNLABELLED In early 1997 an unexpectedly high number of cases of mumps was reported in Vancouver, British Columbia. METHODS A case control study was conducted to address four objectives: 1) Describe the outbreak and the population at risk, 2) examine the impact of mumps on this population, 3) identify personal risk factors for infection, and 4) test the hypothesis that social gatherings, 'rav...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of IgG antibodies against mumps in a representative stratified sample of children under 18 years of age in Pleven district, Bulgaria. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional, sero-epidemiologic survey of 132 children aged under 18 years was conducted in Pleven district. They were distri...

With the implementation of mumps virus (MuV) vaccination in the expanded program on immunization (EPI) in mainland China since 2008, the incidence of mumps has decreased, and the natural epidemic pattern of mumps has slightly changed during 2013-2015. The two epidemic peaks (April-July and November-December) became less obvious than those observed from 2004 to 2012. Children and adolescents you...

Six different genotypes of mumps virus, A, C, D, G, H and I, genotyped on the basis of the small hydrophobic protein gene sequence, were subjected to antigenic comparison. Monoclonal antibodies directed against the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein of the SBL-1 strain of genotype A were used in immunofluorescence tests with different mumps virus strains. In addition, the six virus genotypes ...

In 2012, mumps was introduced from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Vojvodina, causing an outbreak with 335 reported cases. The present manuscript analyses the epidemiological and laboratory characteristics of this outbreak, identifies its main causes and suggests potential future preventive measures. Sera of 133 patients were tested for mumps-specific antibodies by ELISA and 15 nose/throat swabs were...