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An illness with acute onset of unilateral or bilateral tender, self-limited swelling of the parotid or other salivary gland, lasting greater than or equal to 2 days, and without other apparent cause (as reported by a health professional)
Probable: meets the clinical case definition, has no or noncontributory serologic or virologic testing, and is not epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or probable case
Confirmed: a case that is laboratory confirmed or that meets the clinical case definition and is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or probable case. A laboratory-confirmed case does not need to meet the clinical case definition.
Two probable cases that are epidemiologically linked would be considered confirmed, even in the absence of laboratory confirmation.
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