Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Mumps
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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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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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