IN: Exposure alert- National FFA Convention exhibitor had mumps

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Source: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019...onfirmed-at-iu
Two cases of mumps confirmed at IU
By Emily Isaacman
Published 2 hours ago

IU issued a public safety advisory Thursday for two confirmed cases of mumps.

The university, Monroe County Health Department and Indiana State Department of Health are working to notify people who could have been in contact with the infected students, who are roommates, according to a press release...

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Source: http://www.journalgazette.net/news/l...sed-with-mumps

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:00 pm
3rd IU student diagnosed with mumps
Associated Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A third student has been diagnosed with mumps at Indiana University in Bloomington, the Indiana State Department of Health said.

A student was diagnosed with the virus this week after two confirmed cases last month. IU spokesman Chuck Carney said in the most recent case, the student lived off-campus and left campus for this week's spring break, which ends Sunday. Carney said the student's infectious period ended Tuesday. Carney said the student was vaccinated for mumps...

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Source: https://www.wthr.com/article/iu-conf...re-mumps-cases

IU confirms 3 more mumps cases
WTHR.com staff
Published: Apr 3rd, 2019 - 6:57am (EDT)
Updated: about an hour ago

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WTHR) ? After three confirmed mumps cases earlier this year, Indiana University has confirmed three more students on the Bloomington campus have been diagnosed with the illness, bringing this year's total to six.

The new cases were confirmed last week and into the weekend. Two cases were confirmed in February. The third case happened in March.

Spokesperson Chuck Carney said the school is continuing to monitor the cases and work with the state and county departments of health...

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Source: https://www.wndu.com/content/news/In...508487041.html

Indiana University mumps outbreak grows to 7 student cases
By Associated Press |
Posted: Fri 9:50 AM, Apr 12, 2019

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University officials say seven students have now been diagnosed with mumps amid an outbreak of the virus on the Bloomington campus.

The school says the new case announced Thursday involves a student who lives in the same fraternity house as another resident diagnosed with mumps.

The first two cases were confirmed in February and a campus outbreak of the illness was declared last month after a third case was confirmed. Three more cases had earlier been confirmed since then...

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Source: https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/...o-16-cases.php


IU Mumps Outbreak Grows To 16 Cases
By Barbara Brosher
Posted April 17, 2019

IU saw just five mumps cases in 2016. (WFIU/WTIU News)

The number of mumps cases at Indiana University?s Bloomington campus has more than doubled in the past week. There are now 16 cases associated with the outbreak, an increase of nine since last week.

The IU Health Center sees three to four students a day who want to be tested for mumps because they?re exhibiting symptoms.

IU Spokesperson Chuck Carney says many of the students with the virus are linked.

"Of these 16 confirmed cases we know that nine are definitely associated with one fraternity house," Carney says. "So we feel like it is fairly well contained. It is on campus, but it is not all the way across campus at this point."...

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Source: https://www.wibc.com/news/local-news...iu-bloomington


17 Cases Of Mumps Confirmed At IU Bloomington
At least 14 of the 17 students were vaccinated, says a university spokesperson.
24/7 News Source
Apr. 19, 2019

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The number of students with mumps at the Indiana University campus in Bloomington is now seventeen.

Nine of those cases are linked to one fraternity, according to university spokesperson Chuck Carney. Carney said the Monroe County Health Department set up a clinic in that fraternity and more than half received additional booster vaccines...

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Source: https://www.wthr.com/article/iu-mump...and-fraternity


IU mumps outbreak now at 20 cases in dorms and fraternity
Published: Apr 22nd, 2019 - 4:10am (EDT)
Updated: about 2 hours ago

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WTHR) ? IU Bloomington is giving an update on the mumps outbreak on campus.

So far, the there are 20 confirmed cases. Nine of those cases were linked to on fraternity. Once that link was found, the university held a clinic with those fraternity members and associates.

About half the cases were students living in dorms on campus.

There are three students still in isolation and the rest have been treated and released.

Two of the students are international students and all had been vaccinated against the mumps. 16 of the cases were in students who had received two doses of the MMR vaccine. Experts at the news conference say that even with the two doses of the MMR vaccine, it is still only 88 percent effective...

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Source: https://www.wibc.com/news/local-news...pus-reaches-23

Number of Mumps Cases on IU's Bloomington Campus Reaches 23
IU declared a mumps outbreak in March after 3 students became ill.
WISH-TV
Apr. 25, 2019

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- The number of confirmed cases of mumps at IU's Bloomington campus has increased again.

There are now 23 cases. That is an increase from Monday when campus representatives said there were 20 cases...

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Source: https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-ne...pus/1956474655


Mumps cases increases to 24 at IU Bloomington's campus
By: Staff Reports
Posted: Apr 26, 2019 10:33 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 26, 2019 10:33 AM EDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) - The number of confirmed cases of mumps at IU's Bloomington campus has increased again, by two.

The university now says they have now confirmed 24 total cases...

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Source: https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/...ity/1967937434

More cases of the mumps reported from Indiana University
By: Montana Waibel
Posted: Apr 30, 2019 09:10 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 30, 2019 11:24 PM EDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) - The number of confirmed cases of mumps at Indiana University's Bloomington campus has increased again, by two since Friday.

The university said Tuesday it now has confirmed 26 total cases...

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/indiana...ises-31-44229/

Indiana University mumps tally rises to 31
by News Desk
May 7, 2019

In an update on the mumps outbreak Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, school officials now report 31 cases since the outbreak was declared on Mar. 12. In recent years there have been mumps outbreaks on college campuses, including Bloomington.

Nationally, from January 1 to April 26, 2019, 41 states and the District of Columbia in the U.S. reported mumps infections in 736 people to CDC...

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Source: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/...us/4157798002/

National FFA Convention exhibitor had mumps virus, state health officials say
Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star Published 2:26 p.m. ET Nov. 4, 2019 | Updated 3:44 p.m. ET Nov. 4, 2019

An adult with a confirmed case of mumps exhibited at the National FFA Convention & Expo at the Indiana Convention Center last week, officials said.

The worker exhibited in the FFA Blue Room in the convention center on Oct. 30 and the morning of Oct. 31, the National FFA Organization said.

A spokeswoman for the Indiana State Department of Health said the risk of infection from this case is "very low," adding that close contact is required for mumps transmission.

However, out of an abundance of caution, the health department has encouraged providers to consider a diagnosis of mumps in anyone who has symptoms of the disease and reports attending the convention Oct. 30-31.

Healthcare providers in other states have also been notified, health officials said...