More Than 1,500 Affected in NY, NJ Mumps Outbreak
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Fri 19 Feb 2010 12:00am
infected had been given two doses.
The mumpsvirus can mutate, so people who have had only one or even two doses of vaccine remain vulnerable.
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From Reuters Health Information
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) Feb 11 - An outbreak of mumps that started in a summer camp last June has sickened more than 1,500
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Pediatric Mumps
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Wed 09 Mar 2011 9:47pm
. Mumpsvirus is sensitive to heat and ultraviolet light.
Mumps vaccine was licensed in the United States in December 1967, and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices... in recent years among the various age groups.
Pathophysiology
Mumpsvirus produces a generalized infection. After entry into the oropharynx, viral replication occurs, causing
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Americans' Immunity to Mumps Less Than Ideal
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Medline PlusPosted
Wed 04 Aug 2010 11:19am
-aged Americans have antibodies against the mumpsvirus -- a level of immunity that is at the low end of what's needed to prevent significant outbreaks of the infection, a government study finds.
The findings underscore the importance of having children receive the recommended two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR
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Mumps Outbreaks Among the Vaccinated
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Kim S.Posted
Sun 10 Jan 2010 12:00am
By Teresa Conrick
My daughter, Megan, has mumps titers that are 3x what the normal range is for immunity. She received one dose of MMR at 18 months in 1994, so that would be 15 years ago. I am interested in any facts about mumps and the science regarding it. Nancy Hokkanen, a very smart autism mom from Minnesota posted
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Some History about MUMPS and InterSystems' Caché DBMS
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Bruce FriedmanPosted
Tue 26 Oct 2010 12:00am
Newer versions of the computer language MUMPS are used in a number of important healthcare computer systems including Sunquest, Epic, and Meditech (see: Persistence of the MUMPS Programming Language in Healthcare Applications ). Here's an excerpt from comments posted on a federal technology blog called nextgov about MUMPS (see: What's
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Acetaminophen (paracetamol) use, measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, and autistic disorder
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CherylPosted
Fri 03 Jul 2009 2:07pm
acetaminophen (paracetamol) use after the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination could be associated with autistic disorder. This case-control study used the results of an online parental survey conducted from 16 July 2005 to 30 January 2006, consisting of 83 children with autistic disorder and 80 control children. Acetaminophen use after measles-mumps-rubella
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U.S. Mumps Cases on the Rise
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Dr. Charlotte ThompsonPosted
Wed 07 Apr 2010 7:56am
there was a connection between autism and immunizations, thousands of parents have refused to give their children immunizations. If these parents ever saw a child damaged by having mumps or had to care for a child with mumps encephalitis, as I have, they would immediately hurry to their child's doctor and ask for immunizations.
According to the last American Academy
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Autism, Vaccines & the Spread of Mumps - Eastern Canada
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Harold L D.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:24pm
of vaccine refusals with resulting increases in diseases such as measles and mumps. In Atlantic Canada we are currently suffering an outbreak of mumps, with the particular strain of mumps having orginated in the UK where immunization rates dropped from fear that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine caused autism.
Health: ALERT: INFECTIONS
Mumps outbreak
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Autism, Vaccines & the Spread of Mumps - Eastern Canada
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Harold L D.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:04pm
of vaccine refusals with resulting increases in diseases such as measles and mumps. In Atlantic Canada we are currently suffering an outbreak of mumps, with the particular strain of mumps having orginated in the UK where immunization rates dropped from fear that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine caused autism.
Health: ALERT: INFECTIONS
Mumps outbreak
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Persistence of the MUMPS Programming Language in Healthcare Applications
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Bruce FriedmanPosted
Thu 27 May 2010 12:00am
One of the interesting and unique aspects of the EMR world is that some of the major vendors use a programming language, MUMPS, that is virtually unknown in other... persists among some of the leading EMR software vendors. Mr. HIStalk recently posted a reader comment about MUMPS and responded in the following way:
: “Re: MUMPS and Cache’. MUMPSRead on »
