Vaccines and Preventable Diseases:
Mumps Vaccination
Mumps vaccine (usually MMR), is the best way to prevent mumps. Children should be given the first dose of MMR vaccine soon after the first birthday (12 to 15 months of age). The second dose is recommended before the start of the kindergarten. You should know that outbreaks of mumps still occur in the United States... more>
What You Should Know:
For Health Professionals:
What You Should Know
- Brief description
Symptoms, treatment, transmission, etc. - Mumps outbreaks: 2006 | 2009 NEW November 2009
- About mumps and mumps vaccination
[290KB - 2 pages] (compliant)
Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunization - Pictures of Mumps
Warning: Some of these photos are quite graphic. - Travelers information
Risks for travelers, preventive measures for travelers, etc.
The mumps disease can be prevented by the combination vaccine: MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella). In 2005, a combination MMRV (measles-mumps-rubella-varicella) vaccine was licensed.
- Vaccination Options for Preventing Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella
For Parents and caregivers: Fact Sheet and Q&As NEW Oct 2009 - As an adult, do I need this vaccine?
(19 years and older) - Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
- MMR Vaccine: The Best Protection Against Mumps
CDC Feature Story - Side Effects of MMR vaccine
Excerpt from Vaccine Information Statement - Questions and Answers about Mumps, the vaccines, and precautions
- School Vaccine Requirements
- History of the MMR vaccine
- Decision
Aid: Considering MMR vaccination for your child?
Autism Theory
- Do vaccines cause autism?
- MMR
vaccine and autism theory
- Does
MMR vaccine cause autism? Examine the evidence. [71KB - 2 pages]
Immunization Action Coalition - Facts for Parents About Vaccine Safety
- Other scientists have not been able to reproduce
the results claimed by Dr Wakefield and his team
regarding measles virus
WHO statement on the use of MMR vaccine - Is there any scientific evidence that proves a link between autism & vaccines?
NIH, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
As with all vaccines, there can be minor reactions, including pain and redness at the injection site, headache, fatigue or a vague feeling of discomfort.
- Multiple or combined vaccines and the immune system
- MMR Vaccine Safety Research and MMRV Vaccine Safety
- CDC's Vaccine Safety website
- Are
vaccines safe?
FAQs on The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia website - Lessening the Pain of Vaccines
Techniques worth trying
- What if we stopped vaccinating for this disease?
- Who should not be vaccinated with MMR vaccine?
- Pregnancy guidelines
For Health Professionals
Clinical Vaccine Information on Mumps
- MMR Clinical questions and answers
- Mumps - Vaccine Technical Q&A
- Mumps outbreaks: 2006 | 2009 NEW November 2009
- Ask
the Experts
CDC experts answer your clinical questions (Immunization Action Coalition) - NIPINFO Answers Your Questions about MMR
- Immunization of Healthcare Workers
- Prevention and Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings
- Proper handling of MMR vaccine
Vaccine Recommendations
- Vaccination Options for Preventing Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella
For Providers: Fact Sheet and Q&As NEW Oct 2009 - ACIP recommendations
- Healthcare Personnel Vaccination Recommendations [66KB - 1 page] Oct 2009
- Healthcare Worker Vaccination
Prevention & Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings - Standing Orders
Immunization Action Coalition - Contraindications
- ACIP - Vaccines for Children (VFC) Resolution
References and Resources
- MMWR: Updated Length of Isolation for Persons with Mumps October 2008
- MMWRs on MMR
- Pink Book's chapter on Mumps [498KB - 10 pages]
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook - Surveillance manual's chapter on Mumps
Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases textbook - Travelers Health: Yellow Book
- References and resources from IAC
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) - Mumps in Healthcare Settings
- Infection control guidelines
Provider Education
- 2009 Clinical education slide set
[PPT - 119KB] Updated May 2009
from the 11th edition "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course - Podcasts
NOTE: Currently none on topic of mumps
Materials for Patients
- Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
- Important facts for parents to know about the
MMR vaccine [62KB - 1 page]
- Stories of people who suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases
- Mumps: Questions and Answers [89KB - 3 pages]
Ready-to-print versions of one of the CDC-reviewed Q&A material located on IAC's Vaccine Information website (www.vaccineinformation.org) Updated September 2009 - Paperas (Parotiditis) - Las vacunas y las enfermedades que previenen (Spanish materials)
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Content last reviewed on May 5, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases