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Mumps and chickenpox are separate illnesses caused by different viruses. Mumps virus does not cause chickenpox, and mumps does not lead to chickenpox.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 10y agoYes, mumps is much less contagious than chickenpox.
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∙ 11y agoNo: Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus(a Herpes virus), while Mumps is caused by Mump's Virus.
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∙ 7y agoNo, it can not. They are separate viruses and cause separate diseases.
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What is the reservoir for the mumps virus?
Humans are the only known reservoir for the mumps virus
What is true about chickenpox and mumps?
Chickenpox and mumps are vial infectious diseases that are vaccine preventable.
When and who created the antibiotics for the flu fevercold chickenpox and the mumps?
Flu, cold, chickenpox, and mumps are viral and aren't treated with antibiotics.
Why can a student vaccinated against mumps still be infected by the pathogens that cause other diseases such as a chickenpox?
If a student is vaccinated against mumps, then he will not get mumps. He is susceptible for all other virus infections. Suppose you vaccinate a student for Flu. Still he can get the infection from other strains of the Flu. So immunity is very specific for perticular virus and strain of virus.
What are the natures of chickenpox flu HIV measles and mumps?
Chickenpox, flu, HIV, measles, and mumps are all viral infectious diseases.
Correct this sentence What if your teacher Mr. toscano hasn't had the measles the mumps or the chickenpox?
What if your teacher, Mr.Toscano, hasn't had the measles, the mumps, or the chickenpox.
How are measles and mumps virus similar to rubella virus?
Chickenpox and measles are both viral communicable illnesses spread by respiratory droplets that can cause rashes. They are both vaccine-preventable.
Is mumps a bacteria or virus?
mumps is a virus
Can chickenpox cause infertility?
Chickenpox doesn't affect fertility. The virus usually associated with infertility is another common childhood illness - mumps. Mumps can affect the testes, and in an adult can result in infertility.
What type of pathogen causes chickenpox measles and mumps?
Colds, influenza and measles are all three caused by different kinds of viruses.
When was chickenpox virus isolated?
Chickenpox virus was isolated in 1954.
cause of mumps?
The mumps are caused by a virus called the paramyxovirus.
