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What disease does mumps cause?
Mumps (epidemic parotitis) is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus. It is a contagious disease that is spread from person to person through contact with respiratory secretions such as saliva from an infected person. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, the droplets aerosolize and can enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person. Mumps can also be spread by sharing food and drinks. The virus can also survive on surfaces and then be spread after contact in a similar manner.
A person who has recovered from mumps is protected from contracting the disease by?
Active immunity.
Viral disease in which the parotid glands are swollen?
Mumps.
Is mumps is infectious or noninfectious?
Mumps is an infectious disease.
Is mumps infectious or noninfectious?
Mumps is an infectious disease.
How a person gets infects with the parasites of mumps?
Mumps is spread through contact with nose and throat secretions of infected people and in airborne droplets released when an infected person sneezes or coughs. A person with mumps can infect others for several days before and after he or she develops symptoms. The disease spreads easily in areas where infants and children gather, for example in health centers and schools.
Are mumps infectious or non infectious?
Mumps is an infectious disease.
Is mumps plural?
Yes, the noun 'mumps' is a plural, uncountable noun, a word for an infectious disease.
Is Mumps a disease?
Yes.
How was mumps first used?
Mumps wasn't used as anything. Mumps is a disease, and was at first very lethal.
How many people did mumps kill?
Very, very few people die from the mumps; less than 50 in the US each year. Getting the mumps used to be very common, but now there are less then 1,000 cases in the US each year. Rarely any mumps cases are deadly.Only about 70 people die each year from mumps
Who was the first person to get mumps?
We will never know. It wasn't recorded. The disease has been around for a long time.
