 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology -Mumps ( Mumps Virus) The mumps virus, a paramyxovirus with a single serotype, is the cause of mumps. Urine, salivary secretions, or respiratory droplets can all spread the highly contagious mumps virus. Although school-age children frequently contract the mumps, the disease is infrequent in the US due to an efficient vaccine. The prodromal phase of the mumps is marked by fever, malaise, and headaches, and is followed by Parotitis symptoms include swelling, inflammation, and pain in the parotid gland. The most common mumps presentation is aseptic meningitis; encephalitis is less prevalent. Orchitis, or enlargement of the testicles in adult males, is one of the complications of the mumps. It is rare to be sterile. Viralemia transmits the mumps virus to the salivary glands, central nervous system, and other organs when it infects respiratory epithelial cells and local lymph nodes. Edema, lymphocyte infiltration, and inflammation are the causes of parathyroid gland swelling. Urine virus infection, or viruria, is frequent. Cell-mediated immunity is necessary for the body to heal from illness. The most popular diagnostic method is serologic identification of an antibody specific to the mumps virus. The mumps virus infection has no particular therapy. A extremely efficient method of avoiding the mumps is vaccination with an attenuated live virus. Usually, the vaccination is administered in addition to the MMR (measles, rubella) vaccine.
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