Mumps (MUMPS) malady

MedlinePlus:³⁰ Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. it starts with fever headache muscle aches tiredness loss of appetite after that, the salivary glands under the ears or jaw become swollen and tender. the swelling can be on one or both sides of the face. symptoms last 7 to 10 days. serious complications are rare. you can catch mumps by being with another person who has it. there is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (mmr) vaccine can prevent it. before the routine vaccination program in the united states, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults. now it is a rare disease in the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention

MalaCards: Mumps is related to rubella and measles, and has symptoms including fever, headache and muscle aches. An important gene associated with Mumps is STAT2 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 2, 113kDa), and among its related pathways are Interferon gamma signaling and IL-22 Pathway. The compounds mumps and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid have been mentioned in the context of this disorder. Affiliated tissues include salivary gl, thyroid and thyroid, and related mouse phenotypes are mortality/aging and hematopoietic system.

Disease Ontology:⁸ A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in salivary gland, has material basis in mumps virus, which is transmitted by droplet spread of saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat of an infected person, or transmitted by contaminated fomites. the infection has symptom fever, has symptom headache, has symptom muscle aches, has symptom tiredness, has symptom loss of appetite, has symptom swollen and tender salivary glands under the ears or jaw on one or both sides of the face.

CDC:³ Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps virus. Mumps typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, and is followed by swelling of salivary glands. Anyone who is not immune from either previous mumps infection or from vaccination can get mumps. Before the routine vaccination program was introduced in the United States, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults. Because most people have now been vaccinated, mumps has become a rare disease in the United States...more

Wikipedia:⁵⁹ Mumps (epidemic parotitis) is a viral disease of the human species, caused by the mumps virus. Before... more...

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Disease Ontology8 DOID:10264 MeSH31 D009107 ICD9CM25 072 SNOMED-CT52 36989005, 186652008, 154352008 186651001, 240526004, more

NCIt36 C29888 ICD1023 B26, B26.8, B26.9 UMLS56 C0026780

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fever headache muscle aches

tiredness loss of appetite swollen