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==Overview== | |||
==Primary Prevention== | |||
===Infectious parotitis=== | |||
*Administering the [[MMR vaccine|mumps vaccine]] | |||
**78% effective at a single dose; 88% effective with two doses administered with at least 28 days in between.<ref name="urlMumps | Vaccination | CDC">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mumps/vaccination.html |title=Mumps | Vaccination | CDC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
*Personal hygiene and limiting contact exposure:<ref name="urlMumps | Transmission | CDC">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mumps/about/transmission.html |title=Mumps | Transmission | CDC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
**Washing hands frequently. | |||
**Avoiding fluid transmission with [[mumps]] patients. | |||
**Avoiding [[respiratory]] droplets from [[coughing]] [[mumps]] patients. | |||
*Limiting contact with children between 9 months and 15 years old.<ref name="urlMumps | Vaccination | CDC">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mumps/vaccination.html |title=Mumps | Vaccination | CDC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
*Limiting sexual contact with [[HIV]]-infected individuals and using [[condoms]].<ref name="urlPrevention | HIV Basics | HIV/AIDS | CDC">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prevention.html |title=Prevention | HIV Basics | HIV/AIDS | CDC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
*Administering the [[Bacillus Calmette-Guérin]] vaccine to prevent [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="urlapps.who.int">{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112360/1/9789241548748_eng.pdf |title=apps.who.int |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Primary Prevention
Infectious parotitis
- Administering the mumps vaccine
- 78% effective at a single dose; 88% effective with two doses administered with at least 28 days in between.[1]
- Personal hygiene and limiting contact exposure:[2]
- Washing hands frequently.
- Avoiding fluid transmission with mumps patients.
- Avoiding respiratory droplets from coughing mumps patients.
- Limiting contact with children between 9 months and 15 years old.[1]
- Limiting sexual contact with HIV-infected individuals and using condoms.[3]
- Administering the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine to prevent tuberculosis.[4]