Mumps -- United States
This year's [2017] mumps outbreak is the highest number of reported cases Florida has experienced in the last 5 years combined.
At least 56 cases of mumps have been reported in the Sunshine State in 2017 across all ages.
Half of those cases are in patients who have received the MMR vaccination which is meant to prevent measles, mumps and rubella.
Though Florida is experiencing a significant rise in infections, it is well below outbreaks in other states that have seen hundreds of cases
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2llZVbC
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