OBJECTIVE To prevent transmission among the staff and potentially among the non-human primate (NHP) colony at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment in Peru, where an active case of mumps was discovered in a senior laboratory technician in Sep 03, 2007. MATERIAL AND METHODS Subjects at the research facility were interviewed and potentially susceptible contacts were tested for mumps...

Because of its various manifestations mumps is now considered to be a generalized infection characterized principally by involvement of the parotid and submaxillary glands. Among the complications of mumps-virus infection are meningoencephalitis, gastro-enteritis, orchitis, mastitis, pancreatitis, and subacute thyroiditis. Sometimes one of these disorders constitutes the only manifestation of i...

To analyze the epidemiology of a nationwide mumps epidemic in the Netherlands, we reviewed 1,557 notified mumps cases in persons who had disease onset during September 1, 2009-August 31, 2012. Seasonality peaked in spring and autumn. Most case-patients were males (59%), 18-25 years of age (67.9%), and vaccinated twice with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (67.7%). Nearly half (46.6%) of cases occu...

BACKGROUND Involvement of the optic nerve is a rare complication of mumps infection. OBJECTIVES To report a case of bilateral neuroretinitis complicating a mumps infection and to review 5 previously reported cases. DESIGN Case report and literature review. SETTING Tertiary hospital. PATIENT A 7-year-old girl had sudden-onset blindness due to bilateral neuroretinitis. Approximately 3 wee...

Hemolysis inhibition (HLI), single radial immunodiffusion (SRID) with immobilized virions, and mixed hemadsorption tests were used for measuring antibodies against mumps virus. Rabbit hyperimmune sera against mumps and early and late human convalescent sera were analyzed. All three tests identified antibodies against both hemagglutinin and the second major envelope component, hemolysin (fusion ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) contribute to significant amount of mortality and morbidity in our country. Though MMR vaccine has been a part of immunization schedule in the developed countries, it is yet to be included in our national immunization schedule. Hence this study was conducted to assess the serological status of measles, mumps and rubella in young children ...