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Scotland: 2015 Mumps

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ten-fold-increase-in-mumps-virus.116697843

Ten-fold increase in mumps virus
victoriaweldon
Wednesday 21 January 2015

ONE of Scotland's biggest health boards has reported a ten-fold increase in mumps since the start of the year.

NHS Lanarkshire said it had been notified of 31 cases of the virus since January 7, compared to an average of three to four cases a month.

The health board is now urging people between the age of 20 and 35 to get both doses of the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination if they have not already done so...
 
Source: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/307630-mumps-warning-at-glasgow-university-as-students-hit-by-infection/

Mumps warning at Glasgow University after ten students hit by infection
By Matt Coyle
23 January 2015 11:20 GMT

Students have been warned after an outbreak of mumps at a Scots university.

Staff at Glasgow University issued an alert to students after ten students were recently diagnosed with the infection.

The gender, age of students affected is not yet known but it comes just days after a mumps outbreak among young adults in Lanarkshire...
 
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