Thursday, 25 February 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Mumps - USA: (CO,KY) increased incidence

Mumps -- United States
Mumps is a viral infection that can cause painful swelling of one or more of the salivary glands, typically the parotid glands. Other symptoms may include low-grade fever, malaise, and headache, but approximately 1/3rd of infected persons do not have clinically apparent illness so cases often go undetected. Severe complications from mumps are rare, but can include inflammation of the brain and/or tissue covering the brain and spinal cord, inflammation of the ovaries and/or breast, sterility,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/21kASGu

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