*Corresponding Author: Edwin Dias, Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics SIMS and RC, Director of Research and Publication, SIMS and RC, India.

Received: February 12, 2024; Published: February 23, 2024

Abstract

In India the government has just tided over a covid pandemic which was predicted by me in an 2013 article. The next epidemic which has not caught the authorities eye is The Mumps epidemic. Mumps is spread from person to person by respiratory droplets. The Mumps virus is found in the saliva from up to 7 days before and 7 days after onset of parotid swelling The duration of maximum transmissibility is 1-2 days before to 5 days after onset of the parotid swelling Viral shedding before onset of symptoms and in asymptomatic infected individuals impairs efforts to contain the infection in susceptible populations

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Citation

Citation: Edwin Dias. “MUMPS Resurgence in India and Preventive Strategies to Contain this Epidemic"Acta Scientific Paediatrics 7.3 (2024): 51-52.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Edwin Dias. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.