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One case of mumps confirmed in Hillsborough County, 2 other probable cases identified
WFTS Webteam
4:22 PM, Jun 21, 2017
2 hours ago
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health has confirmed one case of mumps and identified two other probable cases in Hillsborough County.
The three cases are all family members, one adult and two children.
Local public health officials are trying to limit potential exposure and are in the process of notifying people in the community with exposure risks...
Cases of mumps found in Jacksonville area
by: Action News Jax Updated: Jun 20, 2017 - 3:13 PM
One case of mumps has been confirmed in Duval County and two probable cases of mumps have been identified in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Health officials say the three cases in the Jacksonville area are young adults who know each other, and public officials are working to notify more people who could be at risk of exposure.
Public health officials are working to limit further exposure of the virus...
One confirmed and three probable mumps cases were reported among three counties in November.
Mumps cases have remained elevated since April with a peak of 20 cases reported in August.
Since January 1, 2017, 17 confirmed and 37 probable cases of mumps were reported among 15 of Florida?s 67 counties.
In Florida, the number of reported mumps cases has remained relatively low over the past five years but started to increase in 2015 with ten cases and in 2016 with 16 cases. The last time the number of reported cases reached 2017 levels was in the 1990s.
No outbreaks of mumps were reported in November. In October, a multi-county outbreak of mumps was reported that involved three cases in a close-contact sports profession.
In 2017, the majority of cases have been associated with outbreaks or household clusters.
While mumps outbreaks can occur in highly-vaccinated communities, high vaccination coverage limits the size, duration, and spread of outbreaks.
In November, all cases were adults age 19 and older. All cases in October were also in adults, largely driven by the previously mentioned outbreak.
Vaccination is the best way to prevent mumps infections. In November, all four cases had unknown vaccination history.
In November, three (75%) cases visited the emergency department and one (25%) was hospitalized. In general, those who have received at least one mumps vaccination even if they later develop disease have less severe outcomes than those who have never been vaccinated.
Mumps incidence decreased significantly since a vaccine became available in 1995 and has continued to decrease since 2006 when recommendations changed from one to two doses of Mumps vaccine.
From 2006 ?2015 all age groups saw a significant decrease in incidence with the largest decline in children age 5-9 years and age 10-14 years.
Although not all states report Mumps cases to the CDC, based on available data the number of Mumps cases nationally has steadily decreased each year from 2012-2015.
