Mumps
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Mumps Outlook
What to expect with mumps:
Most children completely recover from mumps without treatment in about 10 days.
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Last Updated: Jun 3, 2008
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Mumps References:
Atkins GJ, Cosby SL. Is an improved measles-mumps-rubella vaccine necessary or feasible? Crit Rev Immunol. 2003;23(4):323-38.
Galazka AM, Robertson SE, Kraigher A. Mumps and mumps vaccine: a global review. Bull World Health Organ. 1999;77(1):3-14.
Pugh RN, Akinosi B, Pooransingh S, Kumar J, Grant S, Livesley E, Linnane J, Ramaiah S. An outbreak of mumps in the metropolitan area of Walsall, UK. Int J Infect Dis. 2002 Dec;6(4):283-7.
Wilson K, Mills E, Ross C, McGowan J, Jadad A. Association of autistic spectrum disorder and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: a systematic review of current epidemiological evidence. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Jul;157(7):628-34.
