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Prevention steps encouraged after mumps diagnosis on campus
April 3, 2014
University Health Services (UHS) has confirmed that three UW-Madison students have recently been diagnosed with mumps. The cases don?t appear to be connected and UHS is working with public health officials to monitor the situation...
Three UW-Madison students have mumps
1 hour ago ? DAVID WAHLBERG | Wisconsin State Journal |
...With an ongoing outbreak of nearly 100 cases at Ohio State University, ?I expect we?re going to see more cases,? said Craig Roberts, an epidemiologist at UW-Madison?s University Health Services...
...The UW-Madison students with mumps each received two doses of the vaccine as children, Roberts said. The virus circulating today could be different from what the vaccine is based on or the shots might not have worked well in the students, he said...
More mumps cases on campus: What you need to know
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The number of mumps cases identified in UW-Madison students has increased to five. UHS is working with public health officials to monitor the situation...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (RELEASE FROM LA CROSSE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT.)-- There have been 1 confirmed and 2 suspect cases of Mumps disease identified at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...
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Warnings issued as mumps cases rise at UW-Madison
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
April 21, 2014 4:25 p.m.
Confirmed mumps cases are on the uptick at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and one to two students are showing up daily at campus health clinics with possible symptoms of the contagious viral illness, according to the university.
The number of confirmed cases — seven within the past few weeks — is relatively small. But all were fully immunized as children with two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to Craig Roberts, epidemiologist for University Health Services. While most people immunized against mumps are protected for life, some may still get it due to waning immunity.
UW-La Crosse has one confirmed and two suspected case of mumps, which causes painful swelling of salivary glands in the cheek and jaw areas.
Statewide, there were 14 confirmed mumps cases as of Friday — the most since 2007, when there were 54 confirmed and probable mumps cases for the whole year. A huge mumps outbreak occurred in 2006, when the state saw 842 cases, according to Dan Hopfensperger, director of the Wisconsin Immunization Program at the state Department of Health Services...
2 mumps cases confirmed among UW-Milwaukee students
More than 20 confirmed cases of mumps have been reported statewide this year.
by Shakara Robinson
Story Updated: May 8, 2014
MILWAUKEE -- Health officials are investigating two confirmed mumps cases among UW-Milwaukee students and keeping an eye on a third student identified as having a "suspected case" of the viral infection...
...More than 20 confirmed cases of mumps have been reported statewide this year, including seven at UW-Madison and one at UW-La Crosse...
UWM students and two city residents have contracted mumps
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
Updated: 9:13 a.m.
A mumps outbreak in Wisconsin college communities is swelling in the midst of final exams, with the latest four cases confirmed Thursday in Milwaukee ? two at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and two in the city, according to the Milwaukee Health Department.
Several more mumps cases also have been reported at UW-Madison. Statewide, 27 cases have been reported...
Mumps: Confirmed case identified at Marquette University
Posted on: 3:29 pm, May 9, 2014, by Cary Docter
MILWAUKEE (WITI) ? A confirmed case of mumps has been identified in a Marquette University student who lived in a university residence hall.
The Marquette University Medical Clinic announced on Friday, May 9th that is working closely with the City of Milwaukee Health Department to initiate the appropriate follow-up communication with close contacts of the case...
Health Department: More mumps cases in Milwaukee?how many?
Posted on: 5:05 pm, May 21, 2014, by Katie DeLong, updated on: 08:30pm, May 21, 2014
MILWAUKEE (WITI) ? The City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) has confirmed two additional cases of mumps in the city. The total is now at 10 cases (increase of two from previous update).
Half of the cases are known to involve students in university settings.
Additionally, one case has been confirmed in an adult associated with Milwaukee Public Schools...
An illness that was well controlled for many years is making a comeback.
Mumps is a virus infection that has a vaccine to prevent it, but no available medical treatment if you get it. Last year, nobody in Wisconsin contracted Mumps, but there are 51 people in Wisconsin affected so far this year.
Lincoln County Health Nurse Kristi Krombholz says the sick range from six months old to 53 years old, and 59 percent of the cases are college students...
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