KY: 2016 Mumps- cases at UofK and Univ. of Louisville

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Source: http://www.lex18.com/story/31213441/parotitis-cases-reported-on-uk-campus


Posted: Feb 12, 2016 10:52 PM EST
Updated: Feb 12, 2016 10:52 PM EST
Parotitis Cases Reported On UK Campus

The University of Kentucky is asking students, staff and faculty who show signs of parotitis to see a doctor soon.

Parotitis is a swelling of the salivary gland, which sits just above the jawbone near the ear. The University's Health Service reports seeing at least 10 patients with parotitis in the last week and a half. The condition has a number of causes, including bacterial infections and viruses.

The University says all tests for mumps came up negative so far, but there are some labs that are still incomplete...

 

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Source: http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Do...itus-at-University-of-Kentucky-368870381.html


Doctors diagnose 15 students with parotitus at University of Kentucky
By Kristen Kennedy |
Posted: Mon 3:34 PM, Feb 15, 2016

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - We have a health alert from the University of Kentucky. Doctors at the student clinic say in the last week, 15 people have come in with parotitus. Parotitus is a swelling of the jaw that can often be a symptom of a bigger virus...

 

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Source: http://www.local8now.com/content/ne...mps-up-to-date-on-vaccinations-369678431.html


UK students with mumps up to date on vaccinations
Posted: Mon 12:37 PM, Feb 22, 2016

LEXINGTON, Ky., (WKYT)- We have new information on the mumps outbreak at the University of Kentucky.

The three students who contracted mumps were vaccinated, according to UK...

...Cases of swollen jaws started appearing early this month.

Confirmation came over the weekend that three of those swollen jaw cases were cause by mumps...

 

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Source: http://www.wlky.com/news/Health-officials-urge-vigilance-as-UofL-mumps-case-confirmed/38305038


By Ann Bowdan
Health officials urge vigilance as UofL mumps case confirmed
UPDATED 6:14 PM EST Mar 02, 2016

LOUISVILLE, Ky. ?There are confirmed cases of the mumps at the University of Kentucky, Indiana University and the University of Louisville...

 

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Source: http://www.kykernel.com/news/more-t...cle_da370ddc-e109-11e5-a4f8-0f2be58ab719.html


More than 30 patients monitored for mumps
Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com 17 hrs ago (0)

About two weeks after UK officials confirmed three cases of mumps on campus, 36 students are being monitored and randomly tested for the virus.

According to Director of Nursing for Student and Employee Health Mindy Scott, it is not uncommon for mumps outbreaks to hit college campuses because the disease spreads most effectively in close quarters.

Scott said the original three confirmed student cases were diagnosed in early February, and it is possible these students were infected over the holiday break...