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Mumps
| Generalities | |
|---|---|
| Agent | Mumps virus, genus Rubulavirus, family Paramyxoviridae |
| Incubation period | 16-18 days (range 12-25 days) |
| Period of transmissibility | - Virus present in saliva 7 days prior and 9 days after parotiditis onset - Virus present in urine 6 days prior and 15 days after onset - Max 2 days prior and 4 days after onset |
| Reservoir | Humans |
| Modes of transmission | Person to person transmission: droplet and can be airborne |
| Clinical presentation | - Parotiditis most common manifestation (30-40%) - Asymptomatic in 20% - Complications: orchitis, oophoritis, sensoneuronal loss, hearing loss, pancreatitis (4%), aseptic meningitis/encephalitis. Rarely nephritis, arthropathy, cardiac abnormalities, death |
| Resources | |
| Case definition | MOPH circular no 110 (2006) |
| Forms | - General reporting form - Mumps investigation form |
| Data | Refer to "Surveillance data" webpage |
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