Largest U.S. Mumps Outbreak Since 2006

[Missouriwatcher]

"As of October 30, a total of 179 confirmed or probable cases had been identified from multiple locations in New York and New Jersey (Figure), and an additional 15 cases had been reported from Canada. The outbreak primarily has affected members of a tradition-observant religious community; median age of the patients is 14 years, and 83% are male. Three persons have been hospitalized.

Health officials issued alerts in New Jersey, New York City, and elsewhere in New York state to health-care providers, urging them to increase active surveillance for mumps, to consider mumps diagnoses even if patients had documented vaccinations and, when indicated, to perform appropriate diagnostic testing. Isolation and quarantine procedures were reviewed, and health-care providers were urged to ensure that all children and adults were appropriately vaccinated."
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d1112a1.htm?s_cid=mm58d1112a1_e

 

[Amish Country]

Re: Largest U.S. Mumps Outbreak Since 2006

Mother Earth News
US reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 years

11/12/2009 By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA (AP) ? U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.
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Mumps is spread by coughing and sneezing with the most common symptoms being fever, headache and swollen salivary glands under the jaw. It sometimes lead to serious problems such as hearing loss, meningitis and fertility-diminishing swollen testicles.



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