British Columbia, CA: 2011 Mumps alert/cases

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Source: http://www.whistlerquestion.com/arti...d-for-whistler

Mumps warning issued for Whistler
Advisory issued after five cases confirmed locally
March 10, 2011
Christopher Poon
chris@whistlerquestion.com

Vancouver Coastal Health are encouraging Whistler residents who haven't already been immunized, and were born after 1957, against mumps to do so.

According to a press release, there has recently been five confirmed cases of the virus in Whistler, affecting mostly males in their 20s...

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Source: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...ps-in-whistler


An outbreak of mumps in Whistler
There have been 15 lab confirmed cases so far
News1130 Staff Apr 14, 2011 15:52:33 PM

WHISTLER (NEWS1130) - With 15 lab confirmed cases of mumps in Whistler so far, Coastal Health is warning young people about the virus...

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Source: http://www.whistlerquestion.com/arti...er-on-the-rise

Mumps cases in Whistler on the rise
Free immunizations being offered Health
June 9, 2011

Christopher Poon
chris@whistlerquestion.com

After alerting the Whistler community in late winter and early spring about the potential for a mumps outbreak, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is reaching out once more to encourage people to get immunized against the virus.

This comes following news that there have been around 50 cases of people contracting mumps in the resort since the late winter.

?We?re still getting cases of mumps in Whistler and the majority are in the 20- to 30-year-old age group,? said VCH?s Paul Martiquet...

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Source: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/201...couver-110621/

Centre warns of Metro Vancouver mumps outbreak
The Canadian Press
Date: Tuesday Jun. 21, 2011 1:19 PM ET

VANCOUVER ? The BC Centre for Disease Control is urging Metro Vancouver residents to check their immunization records as an outbreak of mumps hits Metro Vancouver.

The centre has not indicated how many cases have been recorded, but it says the latest outbreak extends across the Coastal and Fraser health authorities on the Lower Mainland...

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Source: http://www.theprovince.com/health/Mu...958/story.html

Mumps outbreak hits Lower Mainland
By Alyssa Noel, The Province June 21, 2011 3:01 PM

The Lower Mainland is experiencing its largest mumps outbreak since 2008, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.

There are currently 77 cases of the disease in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health authorities, mostly in young adults, said Dr. Monika Naus, medical director of immunization programs.

?We?re still in the upswing of this outbreak,? she added.

In 2008, 180 cases were reported...

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Source: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...ey-mumps-cases


Slight dip in Fraser Valley mumps cases
Vaccinations still recommended
Andrea Macpherson Jul 11, 2011 10:41:13 AM

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Mumps cases are down just slightly in the Fraser Valley, but concerns over the outbreak haven't disappeared just yet. "We are seeing just over two dozen cases of mumps over the last month in the Fraser Valley," says Dr. Paul Van Buynder with the Fraser Health Authority...