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How was mumps first used?
Mumps wasn't used as anything. Mumps is a disease, and was at first very lethal.
How was mumps named?
Somewhere around the 16th century, the word mump meant to grimace. And people who have the mumps could appear to grimace. That is where it came from.
Who first to get mumps?
Mumps is caused by the mumps virus, which was first identified in the early 20th century. The disease has been known for centuries, with historical accounts dating back to ancient times. However, the first documented case of mumps is attributed to a boy in the 17th century in England. The virus was later isolated in the 1940s, leading to the development of the mumps vaccine.
What is the mode transmission of mumps?
The mode of transmission of mumps is primarily through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It can also spread through direct contact with saliva or contaminated surfaces. Mumps is highly contagious, and individuals can transmit the virus even before symptoms appear. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent the spread of mumps.
How long is a person with mumps contagious?
A person infected with mumps can spread the virus to a non-infected person from approximately 3 days before symptoms appear, to 5 days after swelling of the salivary glands.
What part of the world was mumps first discovered?
Hippocrates an ancient Greek physician described an outbreak of mumps in the 5th century B.C..
Viral disease in which the parotid glands are swollen?
Mumps.
Who discovered vaccination against mumps?
Maurice Hilleman developed the first effective mumps vaccine in 1963. It was tested and became commercially available in 1967. It was created from live mumps viruses. Before that, starting in 1950, there had been a vaccine made from killed mumps viruses but it was not very effective or long-lasting.
How do you pronounce mumps?
you pronounce the word mumps as : mumps, just as it's spelled.
Is mumps an std?
Mumps is not a STD.
Can mumps kill you?
UNFOTUNATELY-Mumps can kill you
How does mumps kills?
the mumps could kill you
