DECEMBER 5, 2016 5:21 PM
Texas hasn?t had over 20 mumps cases since 2011. Now Johnson County has 28.
BY RYAN OSBORNE
rosborne@star-telegram.com
Officials have identified 28 cases of mumps in Johnson County, mostly in school-age children in Cleburne and Keene, said Dr. Elvin Adams.
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?It?s really unusual,? said Adams, who works with the Texas Department of State Health Services. ?We?re having more than a year?s worth of cases in one community.?
Of the 28 cases, 19 are in Keene, eight in Cleburne and one in Alvarado. Children and youths ages 5 to 18 account for 23 of the cases, Adams said.
Adams said the virus is believed to have come from an outbreak in Arkansas, where several students from Keene had visited family about a month ago. Five people returned home with the virus, he said.
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