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Descriptor English:   Mumps 
Descriptor Spanish:   Paperas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Caxumba 
Synonyms English:   Parotitis, Epidemic  
Tree Number:   C02.782.580.600.680.500
C07.465.815.470.800.630
Definition English:   An acute infectious disease caused by RUBULAVIRUS, spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine, and usually seen in children under the age of 15, although adults may also be affected. (From Dorland, 28th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   caused by the MUMPS VIRUS, a rubulavirus
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   9298 
Unique Identifier:   D009107 

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