Live attenuated vaccines against human viral diseases have been amongst the most
successful cost effective interventions in medical history. Smallpox was declared eradicated …

Mumps is caused by the mumps virus (MuV), a member of the Paramyxoviridae family of
enveloped, non‐segmented, negative‐sense RNA viruses. Mumps is characterized by …

The WHO recently proposed an updated nomenclature for mumps virus (MuV). WHO
currently recognizes 12 genotypes of MuV, assigned letters from A to N (excluding E and M) …

Background Infertility affects one couple out of six worldwide. Male infertilty can result from
congenital or acquired factors, of which pathogens that reach the genital tract through sexual …

Deafness due to the mump virus is a well known, and not infre quent, accompanying
manifestation of epidemic parotitis. Although a number of cases are seen each year in large …

The first detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe. The WMAP image reveals 13 billion+
years old temperature fluctuations (shown as colour differences) that correspond to the …

Hippocrates was the first to describe the clinical picture of mumps in the fifth century BC. His
description of an illness characterized by swelling about one or both ears and, in some …

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK eafness due to munips has been known for the past IOO years.
It is generally D unilateral and total. Mumps is so far the best known cause of unilateral …

The development and wide-spread use of mumps vaccine resulted in a dramatic and
sustained decrease in the incidence of mumps disease; however, since 2000, an increase in …

Abstract The Virus Subcommittee of the International Microbiological Conference
recommended the establishment of a group of viruses named Myxpvirus. The names …