Vaccines and Preventable Diseases:
Mumps Vaccination
Mumps vaccine (usually MMR), is the best way to prevent mumps. Children should be given the first dose of MMR vaccine soon after the first birthday (12 to 15 months of age). The second dose is recommended before the start of the kindergarten. You should know that outbreaks of mumps still occur in the United States... more>
What You Should Know:
For Health Professionals:
What You Should Know
- Brief description
Symptoms, treatment, transmission, etc. - Questions and Answers
- Mumps outbreak questions and answers
- About mumps and mumps vaccination
Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunization (screen-reader version) - Pictures of Mumps
Warning: Some of these photos are quite graphic. - Travelers information
Information and updates on risks for travelers, precautions, prevention, etc.
The mumps disease can be prevented by the combination vaccine: MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella). In 2005, a combination MMRV (measles-mumps-rubella-varicella) vaccine was licensed.
- As an adult, do I need this vaccine?
(19 years and older) - Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
- MMR Vaccine: The Best Protection Against Mumps
- Side Effects
- Precautions, side-effects, and combination vaccines
Parents Guide to Immunizations (screen-reader version) - MMR Questions and Answers
- Questions and Answers about Mumps, the vaccines, and precautions
- School Vaccine Requirements
- History of the MMR vaccine (exit)
- Decision Aid: Considering MMR vaccination for your child? (exit)
Autism Theory
- MMR vaccine and autism theory (exit)
- Does
MMR vaccine cause autism? Examine the evidence. (exit)
Immunization Action Coalition - Facts for Parents About Vaccine Safety (exit)
- Other scientists have not been able to reproduce
the results claimed by Dr Wakefield and his team
regarding measles virus (exit)
WHO statement on the use of MMR vaccine - Is there any scientific evidence that proves a link between autism & vaccines? (exit)
NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
As with all vaccines, there can be minor reactions, including pain and redness at the injection site, headache, fatigue or a vague feeling of discomfort.
- Are
vaccines safe? (exit)
FAQs on The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia website - Multiple or combined vaccines and the immune system
- CDC's Vaccine Safety website
- Hot
Topics (exit)
Vaccine safety topics on The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia website - Lessening the Pain of Vaccines (exit)
Techniques worth trying
- What if we stopped vaccinating for this disease?
- Who should not be vaccinated with MMR vaccine?
- Pregnancy guidelines
For Health Professionals
Clinical
- MMR Clinical questions and answers
- Mumps vaccine Q&A
- CDC Mumps outbreak information and resources
- Ask
the Experts (exit)
CDC experts (medial officers, medical epidemiologists, etc.) - NIPINFO Answers Your Questions about MMR
- Immunization of Healthcare Workers
- Prevention and Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings
- Proper handling of MMR vaccine
Recommendations
- ACIP recommendations
- Mumps official recommendations (exit)
- Healthcare Personnel Vaccination Recommendations (exit) july 28
- Standing Orders (exit)
- Contraindications
- ACIP - Vaccines for Children (VFC) Resolution
References and Resources
- MMWR: Updated Length of Isolation for Persons with Mumps NEW October 2008
- MMWRs on MMR
- Pink Book's chapter on Mumps
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook - Surveillance manual's chapter on Mumps
Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook - Travelers Health: Yellow Book
- References and resources from IAC (exit)
- Mumps in Healthcare Settings
- Infection control guidelines
Provider Education
- Clinical
education slide set
from the "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course - Podcasts
Materials for Patients
- Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
- Important facts for parents to know about the MMR vaccine (exit)
- Mumps Outbreak at a Summer Camp Demonstrates the Need for Vigilance Against All Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (exit)
- Stories of people who suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases (exit)
- Mumps: Questions and Answers (exit)
Ready-to-print versions of one of the CDC-reviewed Q&A material located on IAC's Vaccine Information website (www.vaccineinformation.org) Dated 2/07
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Content last reviewed on May 5, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases