Mumps is a common childhood infection caused by the mumps virus. The hallmark of
infection is swelling of the parotid gland. Aseptic meningitis and encephalitis are common …

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To understand infectious disease, one has to understand people, and how they live. The
strange and exotic become pedestrian when they show up on your doorstep. A disease may …

Mumps, caused by the mumps virus, is a contagious disease primarily affecting children and
young adults. While typically presenting with salivary gland swelling and systemic …

The viral organism that first comes to mind when considering non-HIV viral infections of the
salivary glands, is the mumps virus. The derivation of the term ''mumps''is often attributed to …

Once very common in children, mumps virus infection is now much rarer thanks to
vaccination, recommended in the majority of countries in the world. This virus of the family …

In June, 2008, a 30-year-old Japanese man presented to our emergency department with a
sore throat and fever. The previous day he had been to a local clinic and prescribed …

Mumps is an acute, contagious viral illness. Parotid gland swelling is the typical clinical
manifestation, but many organ systems may be affected. Hearing loss (HL) is rare but a …

In this article we describe 5 rare cases of mumps-associated pharyngolaryngeal edema. To
the best of our knowledge, this report includes the first case of mumps-associated …

Mumps virus infection primarily affects the salivary glands and may incur various
complications. Laryngeal edema is such a rare complication that few adult cases have been …