Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Epidemiology Unit

Mumps

Mumps is an acute viral illness that can cause unilateral or bilateral swelling of the parotid glands or other salivary glands (parotitis). Salivary gland swelling is typically preceded by 3 to 5 days of fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Asymptomatic infections also occur. Not all cases of parotitis are due to mumps infection, so laboratory testing is necessary for confirmation. Any person who is not immune through previous mumps infection or vaccination can develop mumps.

• Mumps Basics
  General information about mumps including disease description, complications, treatment and prevention.

 

• Mumps Reporting
  All suspect cases of mumps should be reported to the District Health Department or Georgia Department of Public Health within 7 days. Find out more about what diseases need to be reported, who needs to report and how to report suspect mumps cases.

 

• Mumps Laboratory Testing: Collection and Submission Guidelines
  Information on the collection of mumps specimens and submission to the Georgia Public Health Laboratory
  
 

• Mumps Surveillance and Control
  Mumps section in CDC's Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, 4th Edition (2009).
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• Mumps Vaccine Information
  CDC MMR Vaccine Information Statement