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Old English usage: mump = grimace Iceland: mump-a = to fill the mouth too full

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What is the name of th pathogen that causes mumps?

Mumps is caused by Mumps virus (MuV).


What is the real name for mumps?

The real name for mumps is "epidemic parotitis." It is a viral infection caused by the mumps virus, which primarily affects the salivary glands, leading to swelling and pain. Mumps can lead to complications such as orchitis and meningitis if not properly managed. Vaccination has significantly reduced the incidence of mumps in many parts of the world.


What is the name of the vaccine for mumps?

The vaccine has traditionally been given as an MMR (measles, mumps, ruebella) series in infants.


What are double mumps?

Double Mumps is the name given when the viral infection causes swelling on both sides of the throat.


What is the scientific common name for mumps?

Theirs not really many names for it, but CHEEK TUMOR could possibly be one!


Who Discovered Mumps?

Based on historical accounts, an American pathologist by the name of Ernest William Goodpasture was the one who discovered mumps virus in 1934.Claude D. Johnson and Ernest W. Goodpasture conducted an investigation into the etiology of Mumps and concluded that a virus in saliva caused mumps.


Is the mumps known as any other name?

Yes, epidemic parotitis.


Viral disease in which the parotid glands are swollen?

Mumps.


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.


What viral disease got its name from an old word meaning grimace?

Mumps


Can mumps kill you?

UNFOTUNATELY-Mumps can kill you