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UD student diagnosed with mumps 2:18 p.m., May 18, 2006--On May 17, a 20-year-old University of Delaware student was clinically diagnosed with mumps, pending confirmation from tests. This would be the first case of mumps reported at the University this year. The student is being closely monitored by his physician. The state Department of Public Health has been notified, and officials are investigating. Symptoms of mumps include fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness and loss of appetite, followed by swelling of the salivary glands. The glands near the jaw line are most frequently affected. Any UD students experiencing these symptoms should contact Student Health Services at Faculty and staff born before 1957 are usually considered to be immune. Other faculty and staff who exhibit these symptoms should contact their personal physicians. UD students are required to provide evidence of immunization/immunity to measles/mumps/rubella before being admitted, but the vaccine is not 100 percent effective. Since December 2005, more than 1,000 possible cases of mumps have been reported, predominantly in the Midwest. Recently, cases as been reported in the East, including Pennsylvania. For more information about this disease and this outbreak, please review the joint statement of the CDC and ACHA at [www.acha.org/mumps_outbreak_statement_04-06.cfm] or the CDC web site at [www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/]. For the May 18 report from the CDC on the mumps outbreak, click here. |
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