Mumps is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial symptoms are non-specific and include fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite.
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1. Mumps (Wikipedia)
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Mumps is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable viral disease caused by the mumps virus.
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Initial symptoms of mumps are non-specific and include fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite.
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Complications are rare but include deafness and a wide range of inflammatory conditions, of which inflammation of the testes, breasts, ovaries, pancreas, meninges, and brain are the most common.
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Complications are rare but include deafness and a wide range of inflammatory conditions, of which inflammation of the testes, breasts, ovaries, pancreas, meninges, and brain are the most common.
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
3. Wikidata: Mumps
WikidataWikidata P1060 (transmission-route: droplet)
Disease transmission process: droplet infection
Wikidata P1060 (transmission-route: airborne)
Disease transmission process: airborne transmission
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Mumps vaccines are vaccines which prevent mumps.
Wikipedia: MMR Vaccine Online Reference Encyclopedia Article
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The MMR vaccine (abbreviated as MMR) is a combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).
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Additionally, antibody therapy seems to have been used successfully to prevent infection after exposure to measles, mumps, and chickenpox.
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