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Source: http://www.universityobserver.ie/2010/12/05/arts-student-diagnosed-with-mumps/
Arts student diagnosed with mumps (University College Dublin)
Contributed by Amy Bracken, News Editor on Sunday, 5 December 2010
Students are being urged to ensure they have had two doses of the MMR vaccine after a student in Arts was recently diagnosed with mumps.
Fears of an outbreak are mounting that would be similar to the infection of a significant number of third-level students with the disease in 2007.
Director of the UCD Student Health Service, Dr Sandra Tighe, explained that following the 2007 outbreak, sixth-year students were encouraged to ensure they had two doses of the vaccine in order to limit the affect should the strain spread through third-level colleges once again: ?There was a big outbreak, and that arose because a lot of young people had only had one vaccine. They went on a catch-up programme and they went into the sixth years, so we expect that most people now have the two...?
Arts student diagnosed with mumps (University College Dublin)
Contributed by Amy Bracken, News Editor on Sunday, 5 December 2010
Students are being urged to ensure they have had two doses of the MMR vaccine after a student in Arts was recently diagnosed with mumps.
Fears of an outbreak are mounting that would be similar to the infection of a significant number of third-level students with the disease in 2007.
Director of the UCD Student Health Service, Dr Sandra Tighe, explained that following the 2007 outbreak, sixth-year students were encouraged to ensure they had two doses of the vaccine in order to limit the affect should the strain spread through third-level colleges once again: ?There was a big outbreak, and that arose because a lot of young people had only had one vaccine. They went on a catch-up programme and they went into the sixth years, so we expect that most people now have the two...?