Mumps
VIRUS
Prevention: Vaccine
Symptoms: Headache, Fever, Muscle Cramps, and Reduced AppetiteTreatment: No Treatment
First Identified: Hippocrates in Greece
Spread: Formite Transmission
Mumps and Small Pox Song
Survival Rate: >98%
Bioterrorist Incidents: Not considered to be of risk
Fact: Serious complications of mumps are more common among adults than among
children
Fact: Approximately 2/5 of mumps patients don't have symptoms