Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Mumps
Organism
Mumps
A virus from the family Paramyxovirus.
Disease is spread by respiratory droplets; infectivity precedes the symptom by 1 day and may last a week.
Incubation period is 14–21 days, average 18 days.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Mumps." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619349/all/Mumps.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Mumps. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619349/all/Mumps. Accessed April 17, 2025.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Mumps. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619349/all/Mumps
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Mumps [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2025 April 17]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619349/all/Mumps.
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