mumps

Infectious Agent

Break the Chain - Don't share food and beverages with people

Reservior

Susceptible Host

• humans

Break the chain-humans are the only known host

Mumps

Portal Exit

Portal of Entry

Break the Chain - hand hygiene Don't drink from cups that aren't your own

Break the chain- nose and mouth-

Modes of Transmission

Mumps: a contagious and infectious viral disease causing swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face, and a risk of sterility in adult males.

break the chain - masks - hand hygiene Cover mouth when coughing and sneezing

Infectious Agent

• Mumps is caused by paramyxovirus
• paramyxovirus is apart of the RNA family of Viruses
• Its caused by the virus gaining access to the respitory tract

Suscepible host

• students at college
• healthcare workers
• people that live in a area of a mump outbreak
• people that travel internationally

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Modes and Transmissions

Person to person through respirtatory droplets contact with salivia airborne

Portal Exit

It exits through coughs, sneexes and talkimg

Reservior

The Paramyxovirus occur naturally in animal host although it can also occur in Humans tooParamyxovirus infect a wide range of vertebrates Animals include Horses, sheep, cats, birds, bats and also small mammals However Mumps itself can only occur in Humans .

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Portal

• Upper resporatory tract
• Paramyxovirus transmit through airborne routes

• It can enter through Salivia

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