Naturally acquired active immunity
5-10 days.
When you come in contact with a patient of mumps, you can catch the same. There is very long incubation period for the mumps, as compared to other viral infections. That is about three weeks.
A boom.
Mumps is a virus, that is why you should have received a vaccine for this as a child. You certainly received one if you attended public school in the United States because it is a requirement for all children to be vaccinated before being enrolled.
Mumps.
A boom.
Recovery
Recovery
you pronounce the word mumps as : mumps, just as it's spelled.
Probably about 7-10 days. Probably about 7-10 days. The incubation period of Mumps is anywhere from 12-25 days.
Mumps is not a STD.