UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Three cases of mumps have been confirmed at Penn State’s University Park Campus.
The university’s Medical Services, Health and Wellness department says the students affected have been isolated.
Officials are working with the PA Department of Health to help find out who may have been in close contact with the students.
Three mumps cases confirmed at University Park campus.Students are urged to take precaution and contact University Health Services or their primary-care provider if they experience symptoms.Read more: https://t.co/yxsXIIha8d pic.twitter.com/AimW5yzdCo
— PSU_UHS (@PSU_UHS)
November 21, 2019 “Mumps is a highly infectious disease passed through saliva and respiratory secretions. Symptoms often include tender swollen glands below the ear or along the jawline on one or both sides of the face and neck, headache, fever and cold-like symptoms. People with mumps are considered infectious from two days before swelling begins through five days after the start of swelling. For most people, two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine provide adequate immunity to the infection.”
Mumps is spread through saliva and “respiratory secretions” and the incubation period is usually 16 to 18 days.
Penn State is also dealing with a rise of adenovirus, a condition that can cause symptoms such as sore throat, fever, cough, pink eye, pneumonia, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.
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