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IN: 2016 Mumps

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Source: http://wthitv.com/2016/02/10/2-mumps-cases-confirmed-at-iu-bloomington/


2 mumps cases confirmed at IU Bloomington
Staff Reports Published: February 10, 2016, 1:09 pm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) ? Indiana University is investigating two confirmed cases of mumps on the Bloomington campus.

Officials say the cases were identified two weeks apart. They say there?s no connection between the two cases at this time.

IU is working with the Monroe County Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health on identifying and notifying anyone who may have been in close contact with the students. They?re also working to prevent additional transmission of the illness...
 
Source: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/02/13/butler-confirms-3-cases-mumps-campus/80352826/

Butler confirms 3 cases of mumps on campus
Kristine Guerra, kristine.guerra@indystar.com 7:41 p.m. EST February 13, 2016

Butler University officials have confirmed that three cases of mumps, a contagious disease caused by a virus, were found on campus.

The three students have left campus and returned home, according to the university. The cases were identified Thursday and confirmed Friday evening...
 
Source: http://fox59.com/2016/02/18/iupui-confirms-case-of-mumps-on-campus/

More mumps cases reported at Indiana universities
Posted 8:10 PM, February 18, 2016, by Greg Margason - Digital Producer,
Updated at 11:05am, February 19, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 19, 2016) ? Fourteen mumps cases have been reported at Indiana universities as officials try to contain the spread of the illness.

On Friday, Butler University confirmed nine students had come down with the illness after previously reporting three last week. Indiana University in Bloomington confirmed two additional cases of mumps, bringing its total to four cases. The university previously reported a pair of cases on Feb. 10.

On Thursday, students, faculty and staff at IUPUI were alerted via email about a single case there...
 
Source: http://fox59.com/2016/02/29/iu-confirms-total-of-8-mumps-cases-on-bloomington-campus/


IU confirms total of 8 mumps cases on Bloomington campus
Posted 8:38 PM, February 29, 2016, by Greg Margason - Digital Producer

BLOOMINGTON , Ind. (Feb. 29, 2016)? Officials at Indiana University confirmed eight total cases of mumps on its Bloomington campus.

The university said it would provide another round of vaccines on campus. The MMR vaccines will be held in the Union Street Center Auditorium Room C006 in Cedar Hall...
 
Source: http://cbs4indy.com/2016/03/11/new-...ities-as-government-center-campus-sees-case/#


New mumps cases confirmed at Indiana universities as Government Center campus sees case
Posted 4:55 pm, March 11, 2016, by Aishah Hasnie, Updated at 05:37pm, March 11, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Mar. 11, 2016)? State employees at the Government Center campus in downtown Indianapolis are being asked to keep an eye on how they?re feeling after a worker at the facility got the mumps. New cases were also confirmed Friday at several Indiana universities.

Several universities in Indiana are dealing with mumps outbreaks. The latest counts put Indiana University at 12 confirmed cases and Butler University at 21. IUPUI now has three confirmed cases.

The Government Center campus houses many offices for state agencies like the BMV, DNR, and State Police...
 
Source: http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/mumps-cases-confirmed-monroe-county-95441/


More Mumps Cases Confirmed In Monroe County
By Barbara Brosher
Posted March 15, 2016
The number of cases jumped from four to 14 in the past month.
Three schools in Indiana have announced cases of the mumps this year.


The health department is urging people who aren't vaccinated to get the MMR vaccine.

The number of mumps cases in Monroe County has more than tripled in the past month. The Monroe County Health Department says there are now 14 confirmed cases in the community.

The first four cases were confined to Indiana University, but some of the recently-confirmed cases include people outside of the campus. The health department says they haven?t confirmed any links between the cases...
 
Source: http://www.jconline.com/story/news/2016/04/06/5-cases-mumps-reported-purdue/82695498/

Purdue to stay open despite mumps outbreak
Meghan Holden, mholden@jconline.com 4:52 p.m. EDT April 6, 2016
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Purdue University doesn't plan to close campus despite a mumps outbreak at the school.

There were three confirmed cases of the mumps at the West Lafayette campus as of Tuesday night, which is considered an outbreak, Indiana State Department of Health spokeswoman Jennifer O'Malley said in an email. A couple of probable cases also are being investigated, she said.

In an outbreak, people who are close contacts of those who?ve tested positive for mumps need to provide proof of immunity, O'Malley said. Those who can't provide proof will receive a letter indicating the dates during which they need to self-exclude from class, social activities and public gatherings, as well as a list of actions they can take to avoid exclusion...
 
Source: http://lakeshorepublicmedia.org/mumps-on-the-rise-on-college-campuses/
Mumps On the Rise On College Campuses
April 7, 2016

By: Sarah Fentem, IPBS

As of the beginning of April, there have been 45 cases of mumps on Indiana college campuses. As Indiana Public Broadcasting?s Sarah Fentem reports, a new school is playing host to the virus.

State health department data says the largest mumps outbreaks have occurred at Indiana University and Butler University, who have reported 17 and 24 confirmed cases, respectively. IUPUI has seen 4 mumps cases since the beginning of this year...
 
Source: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/04/08/mumps-outbreak-reaches-65-mostly-colleges/82796644/

Mumps outbreak reaches 65, mostly at colleges
Shari Rudavsky, shari.rudavsky@indystar.com 2:44 p.m. EDT April 8, 2016

Mumps, first reported in February on many local college campuses, has continued to spread with a total of 65 people in Central Indaina who have now been diagnosed with the highly contagious respiratory disease, state health officials say.

While the majority of cases have occurred on college campuses, 15 community cases, unconnected to those at college, also have been reported, the Indiana State Department of Health said Friday in a news release. There have been 24 confirmed cases at Butler University, 18 at Indiana University and four each at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Purdue University...
 
Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/mumps-...w-with-epidemiologist-mugdha-golwalkar-31327/


Mumps in Indiana: An interview with epidemiologist, Mugdha Golwalkar
Posted by Robert Herriman on May 1, 2016

The number of mumps cases reported in Indiana has risen to 93, with the majority of cases being reported at four major universities. Confirmed outbreaks of mumps have been reported at Indiana University in Bloomington (34), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)(5), Purdue University in West Lafayette (11), and Butler University in Indianapolis (24).


An additional 19 cases unrelated to any university outbreaks have been identified across central Indiana since February...
 
Source: http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/mumps-cases-continue-rising-monroe-99467/


Mumps Cases Continue Rising, Especially In Monroe Co.
By Becca Costello
Posted May 26, 2016

The Indiana State Department of Health confirms 132 cases of the mumps virus in Indiana in 2016, as of May 20. Of those, 104 were on university campuses.

Indiana saw just 39 total cases in the five-year period between 2010 and 2014.

The Monroe County Health Department has confirmed 64 cases of mumps in the county as of May 23, with 58 on Indiana University?s campus and six in the community.

But IU has confirmed 64 cases among students, since a few were diagnosed off-campus when students were visiting home or traveling for spring break. That brings the total number of Monroe County cases to 70...
 
Source: http://www.jconline.com/story/news/college/2016/06/02/purdue-investigates-six-mumps-cases/85303952/

Purdue investigates 6 mumps cases
Meghan Holden, mholden@jconline.com 3:29 p.m. EDT June 2, 2016

Purdue University is facing another wave of the mumps.

Health officials are investigating six probable cases of the infection on the West Lafayette campus, Purdue announced Thursday.

This is the second round of mumps cases at Purdue this spring. An outbreak also occurred on campus in April when five confirmed or probable cases were reported.

Purdue has had 26 confirmed cases in 2016, according to the Indiana State Department of Health...
 
Source: http://www.in.gov/isdh/25450.htm
[h=3]2016 Mumps Outbreaks[/h] The Indiana State Department of Health has confirmed outbreaks of mumps at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Purdue University in West Lafayette, and Butler University in Indianapolis. An additional 49 cases without known links to any university outbreaks have been identified across Indiana since February. Case counts will be updated each Friday. Please keep in mind that these counts are part of an ongoing investigation and counts may change pending new information.
Confirmed cases as of June 9, 2016:
  • Indiana University: 68
  • Purdue: 48
  • IUPUI: 7
  • Butler University: 24 (Outbreak declared over on May 9th, 2016)...
 
Source: http://www.tribtown.com/2016/10/19/case-of-possible-mumps-reported-at-redding/

Case of possible mumps reported at Redding
By Staff Reports -
Oct. 19 1:54pm

Seymour Community Schools Corp. officials say there is a possibility of a case of mumps in one of its elementary schools.

Superintendent Rob Hooker said Wednesday afternoon that the school system is waiting to get confirmation from a physician that the symptoms are in fact the mumps before making an official announcement.

He said Seymour-Redding Elementary School is where the case is and that he believes it is an employee, not a student, who is showing symptoms...
 
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