The Mumps virus seems to have been around since ancient times. Research says that the virus has been documented or recorded by the Hippocrates in 5th century BCE (Mumps Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases). We give credit to Johnson and Goodpasture for helping determine how the virus is spread. This particular virus has been and still is known worldwide but became a reportable disease in the United States in 1968. The history behind the Mumps is not very detailed but today we are able to prevent this disease here in the US.
The structure of the Mumps is a single stranded RNA virus. Its genus is the Rubulavirus which is part of the Paramyxoviridae family . The Mumps virus is an acute virus that could become
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A few other complications may be, orichitis , oophoritis, and deafness.
In order to detect if a person has the mumps the first thing would be to look at the symptoms. Mainly the swollen jaws would be a good indication. After this confirming what we think is the next step so a sample must be collected. Depending on what exactly you are looking for and what type of test is to be done depends on what type of sample you must get. For a detection of the mumps antibody a blood sample is going to be the choice specimen. To get this sample a normal venipuncture procedure will be used. If you are testing for the virus in a culture there are several specimens that can be used. Examples include blood, urine, CSF, nasopharyngeal aspirate/washing and throat swabs (Measles and Mumps Tests). We use antibody testing most commonly to determine if a person has this virus. Once infected the body make IgM antibodies to the virus. Over time these antibodies disintegrate and IgG antibodies take their place forever, allowing the person to become immune to the mumps virus if ever in contact with it again. There is also another test that detects the genetic strain of the virus called the RT-PCR test (Measles and Mumps Tests). This is used to help determine a cause especially if the results do not match the doctors suspicions.
Lastly to be discussed is prevention of the mumps virus. As I s tated earlier in this paper the mumps is not very prevalent in the
Vaccines are one of most successful and cost effective public health preventive tool in current century for preventing communicable diseases. According to UK Health Protection Agency (HPA), vaccination is the second most effective public health intervention worldwide. Immunization protects the individual as well the community from serious diseases. Since the implementation of immunization there has been a 95% reduction in the cases 4. According to WHO immunization prevented 2million deaths worldwide.
Some people may have it without even any symptoms and not even be aware that they're spreading it.”(Teale) This shows us that mumps isn't as quite deadly as it used to be like befor smallpox is a disease that can be spread many ways and also could be very dangerous if you get it because it could lead to death but to make sure you have it the symptoms are fever headache discomfort back pain possibly vomiting there no cure for it but you can get vaccinated to make sure you can't get it smallpox is a disease that can be spread many ways and also could be very dangerous if you get it because it could lead to death but to make sure you have it the symptoms are fever headache discomfort back pain possibly vomiting there no cure for it but you can get vaccinated to make sure you can't get it colorea was a disease back in the 19th century and if you caught it you died in hours or less your skin will turn blue due to not enough water in you and your blood thickens and you get non stop cramps with diarrhea and then you get death it was a really serious disease that killed millions but thankfully the disease disappeared from america and britain area but could be found in countries that have poor water supply or food you can die in hours there is no known cure your skin turns a bluish color do to you not drinking enough water your blood thickens and get non stop cramps with diarrhea and then you die in the article Inspirational Stories We are gravely concerned about the potential
In today’s society we use many vaccines that help prevent many different diseases. Some of these are live, attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, subunit vaccines, toxoid vaccines, conjugate vaccines, DNA vaccines, recombinant vector vaccines. There are also multiple benefits of children getting there vaccinations early. There are also some downsides to vaccinations which will looked at directly as well. The importance of these vaccines are a great help and ultimately outweigh the shortcomings to this.
The transmission of the Paramyxovirus is caused by many vectors. These include coughing, sneezing, talking in general, sharing cups and utensils, and touching things with unwashed hands that are then touched by others, but Mumps will spread faster if these occur in the right environment. Mumps will usually spread in large crowded places like schools and conventions, because everyone is together and touching each other and sharing everything, and at conventions, it is more likely that there will be people from other countries that carry the disease without even knowing
Study of the recent mumps outbreak has involved descriptions of the signs and symptoms associated with the infected populations. The syndrome includes nonspecific findings such as fever, muscle aches, decreased appetite, as well as findings more specific to mumps infection, including painful, swollen, salivary glands (CDC, 2016a). According the the NPR report (Harris, 2016), these recent mumps outbreaks have had milder illness than that seen during outbreaks which occurred prior to widespread vaccination. For example, orchitis (painful, swollen testicles) has only affected 8 out of the over 1,000 infected males in 2016. Historically mumps also conveyed a risk of infection to the brain (encephalitis) and its surrounding tissues (meningitis)
Mumps virus is a single stranded RNA virus that belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family. Mumps is characterized by the bilateral or unilateral swelling of the parotid gland. This reemerging disease dates back to the 5th century B.C. and prior to vaccination, mumps was an epidemic disease with a cycle of 4-5 years. Despite MMR vaccinations, a sudden reemergence of cases was observed in 2005 in the United Kingdom. Most of the patients were between the ages of 19-23 and majority only been vaccinated once (Choi, 2010). Also an outbreak in the United States was reported in 2006 with over 5,800 cases. Most patients were college students between the ages of 18-24 and majority only been vaccinated twice (Choi, 2010). Both appear to not have been sufficient levels of vaccines to obtain immunity for mumps in a given population like college students (Choi, 2010).The outbreak of mumps are
Introduction: Public health achievements in the areas of vaccinations to prevent disease, disease prevention and control, laws to limit the consumption of tobacco, maternal and infant health, and cardiovascular disease are achievements on their own. With public health, improvements in one area often have an effect on a different area of public health. Improvements in vaccinations, for example, will improve maternal and infant health as a reduced number of mothers and infants will fall ill from diseases preventable by vaccination. In addition, vaccinations control the spread of infectious disease, and reduce the incidence rate of the disease in a population.
be less likely to be infected by the virus(Carson-DeWitt). Antibiotics are only given to the patient if
The only way to prevent the mumps is a vaccination. The first vaccine is between the ages 12 to 15 months. The second vaccine is between 4 to 6. If you have not had the second vaccine, the latest is 11 or 12. People with different conditions do not need a vaccine.
Our current society is surrounded by the debatable usage of vaccines and its importance around the world. Since the introduction of immunizations, many diseases have been decreased and even eradicated from humanity. Even though this is true, serious side effects along with lifelong illnesses follow the temporary cure of viruses. A vaccine is a substance that delivers immunity against viruses and is used to stimulate the construction of antibodies. Vaccines are prepared from the disease itself treated to perform as an antigen without inducing the disease (Vaccines). These inoculations are used worldwide and various unknown infections have been speculated as the originations for them. Vaccines were originated as an alternative to cure viruses among people but the harmful symptoms, unknown links to incurable
There are more serious symptoms of having mumps, but although these are more severe they are also a lot less common.
When children are born and for the first two years of their lives, they receive multiple shots and drops of vaccines. These vaccines protect them from getting diseases that were deadly and common in children many decades ago. Vaccine is one of the greatest achievement in medicine history. There were thousands of lives lost in the battle with some of the terrifying diseases like smallpox and polio. Now, after years of vaccine invention, vaccination spread in many countries which helped in eradicate several illnesses. In the United States, each family is required to show their children's immunization chart in order to get accepted in many educational institutes. Parents usually face the decision whether to vaccinate
Frequent vaccination has protected the unimmunized population throw the herd immunity resulting in lower childhood death rate and morbidity in the global population. However, parental trust in the safety and efficacy of the immunization programmes has been eroded by the various contradictory reports that emphasise the side effects of immunization and are ongoing barriers in accessing immunization hugely affect vaccination accomplishments. Vaccination is evidently identified as a greatest means of controlling infectious disease and it will continue to be the essential tool in controlling infection. Clearly, there is no doubt that immunization has hugely reduced the incidence and mortality of infection diseases in global context and should be continued and expanded until this disease have been eliminated completely. Therefore, future research must evaluate the claims against vaccination as quickly as possible to allay doubt spreading and policy makers should create new vaccination schedules which present evidence based statements regarding the safety and importance of
During the 20th century, the infectious disease death rate decreased from 800/1000 deaths to less than 100/1000 deaths. This is mainly due to the introduction of immunisation. Vaccination has clearly prevented millions of deaths over the last century; nevertheless, the anti-vaccination movement has grown significantly in recent years. Some of the reasons why people join this movement include the belief that vaccines don’t actually work, the belief that vaccines are unnatural and therefore unhealthy and the belief that vaccines contain toxins that cause bodily damage and neuropsychiatric problems (eg. Autism). This essay will discredit the beliefs associated with the anti vaccination movement through infectious disease statistics,