Vaccines and Preventable Diseases:
Mumps Outbreaks in 2006
What You Should Know:
For Health Professionals:
Recent Mumps Outbreaks
- CDC Health Advisory-Mumps Outbreak
- Questions and Answers
- Press Briefing on Mumps Outbreak with Dr. Julie Gerberding and Dr. Jane Seward
- Frequently Asked Questions about Mumps
(Q&As on the disease, travel, vaccine, and outbreaks) - Information for Specific Groups
Clinical Information
- Strategy to Protect College Students from Mumps
CDC/ACHA Guidance on Mumps Outbreak - Recommendations to Protect Campers & Staff from Mumps
- MMWR: Updated Recommendations of the ACIP for the Control and Elimination of Mumps
June 9, 2006 / 55(22);629-630 - Technical Questions and Answers
- Mumps Teleconference on May 5, 2006 (recording)
- Mass Gathering Policy (exit)
Courtesy of Iowa website
Case Investigation and Reporting
- Case Investigation & Outbreak Control
Excerpt from VPD Surveillance Manual - Reporting
Includes variables to collect; adopted from VPD Surveillance Manual - 2006 Mumps Outbreak Data Reporting Form
- CDC Specimen Submission Form 50.34
Clinical Description and Diagnosis
- Physical Findings and Complications of Mumps
- Mumps Case Definition and Case Classification (CSTE)
- Mumps chapter in VPD Surveillance
Manual
Chapter 9 of the Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases - Mumps chapter in Pink Book
Chapter 11 of the Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases manual (screen-reader device version) - Mumps section in Red Book (exit)
Temporary online view of section 3 of the Red Book (includes images)
Laboratory Diagnosis
- CDC specimen submission form 50.34
- Specimen Collection & Management Q&As
Includes photo of parotid gland/buccal swab - Laboratory Testing for Mumps Infection Q&As
- Mumps virus standard RT-PCR overview
- Real–Time RT-PCR Assay for Mumps (SH Gene)
Infection Control & Healthcare Workers
- Prevention & Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings
- Standard Precautions
- Droplet Precautions
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2002
- Infection Control in Healthcare Settings
MMWRs on Mumps Outbreaks
The following links provide the most recently published CDC articles on the 2005-2006 mumps outbreaks. CDC will update this information as it becomes available.
—Update: Mumps Activity -- United States,
January 1-October 7, 2006) October 27, 2006 [55(14;283-291])
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—Update: Multistate Outbreak of Mumps -- United States, January 1 - May 2, 2006 May 18, 2006 / 55(Dispatch);1-5
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CDC Health Advisory—Multi-state Mumps Outbreak (April 14, 2006)
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—Exposure to Mumps During Air Travel -- United States, April 2006 April 14, 2006 / 55(14);401-402
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—Exposure to Mumps During Air Travel
April 11 , 2006 [55(Dispatch);1-2] -
—Mumps Epidemic-Iowa, 2006
April 7, 2006 [55(Dispatch);1-3] -
Dispatch—Mumps Epidemic-Iowa, 2006
March 30, 2006 [55(13);366-368] -
Website: Iowa Department of Public Health
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—Mumps Outbreak at a Summer Camp--NY, 2005 February 24, 2006 [55(07);175-177]
- —Mumps Epidemic-United Kingdom, 2004-2005
February 24, 2006 [55(07);173-175]
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Content last reviewed on April 14, 2006
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases