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* also can result in permanent hearing loss
  - occurs in the respiratory tract and later the infection can spread throughout the body
* begins as infective parotitis in the parotid glands in the cheek
  - with a headache, muscle pain, low-grade fever, loss of appetite, and malaise
* can also cause complications that affect the ovaries, pancreas, kidneys, joints and eyes
  - deafness
  - temporary deafness due to fluid in the middle ear
  - produce a transient high frequency deafness
* can also result in permanent hearing loss and sterility in men and women
  - loss of hearing
* can be a very serious disease, causing meningitis or hearing loss
  - very serious, especially for teenagers and adults
* can cause an infection in the lining of the brain and death
  - deafness in some children
  - headache, fever, and swelling of the cheeks and jaw
  - infertility in a small fraction of men
  - meningitis, an infection of the fluid and lining covering the brain and spinal cord
  - swelling of the neck glands, nerve damage and deafness
  - last up to a week or longer
  - lead to complications like testicular inflammation
* can result in hearing loss and in rare cases, sterility
  - permanent hearing loss and swelling of the brain
* cause enlargement of the parotid glands.
* causes a viral parotitis.
* causes fever and swelling of glands in the throat
  - saliva and parotid glands in the throat
* causes fever, headache and swollen, painful glands under the jaw
  - salivary glands
  - headaches, and swollen glands under the jaw
  - swollen and painful glands under the jaw, fever and headache
  - the parotid glands to swell
* childhood disease, but it can occur in adults.
* common childhood disease that produces fever, headaches and swollen cheeks.
* contagious disease caused by a virus
  - spread by contact with the saliva of someone who has the disease
* disease caused by a virus, usually occurring in childhood.
* generalized acute viral disease caused by the mumps virus.
* generally produces fever, headache and swollen glands.
* highly contagious disease caused by infection with a virus.
* is acquired by aerosol, necessitating close human interaction for spread.
* is an acute and highly contagious viral illness that usually occurs in childhood
  - infectious disease
  - viral disease that is spread from person to person by coughing or sneezing
* is an illness caused by a virus
  - with a low incidence, and risk mainly to males rather than females
  - infectious disease that causes swelling of the saliva-producing glands near the ears
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  - another nasty virus which virtually wipes out hearing in the affected ear
  - caused by a paramyxovirus
* is caused by a virus and is spread by inhalation of infected droplets
  - that spreads in the nasal fluids, saliva and urine of infected persons
* is contagious from about two days before the symptoms appear until the swelling is gone
  - six days before until nine days after the glands start swelling
  - seven days prior to and nine days after the onset of symptoms
  - easy to prevent with vaccine
* is endemic in most tropical areas of the world, and is common everywhere else
  - urban areas
  - less contagious than measles or chickenpox
  - likely to be more serious and painful in teenagers and adults than in children
* is more common during winter and spring
  - severe in older children and adults
  - much less common in adults
* is one example of adenitis
  - of the most frequent causes of unilateral hearing loss
* is preventable by immunization
  - through immunization
  - primarily a childhood illness that is caused by a virus
* is spread by respiratory secretions, with increased incidence in the spring
  - the cough, saliva, or mucus of a person who has it
  - through saliva and droplets from the nose and mouth
  - the leading cause of deafness
  - transmitted through the air or by direct contact with the saliva of an infected person
  - usually a mild viral disease
  - vaccine-preventable
  - very rare, but is also best contracted in childhood
* meningitis after measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination
  - mumps, measles, and rubella vaccination
  - following measles, mumps, and rubella immunisation
* meningoencephalitis in children.
* neuroretinitis in an adolescent.
* occurs less regularly than other common childhood communicable diseases
  - more often during the winter and spring
* paramyxovirus that is closely related to the parainfluenza virus.
* potentially distressing illness with some particularly unpleasant side effects.
* primarily affects school-aged children.
* remains endemic throughout most of the world.
* sometimes can be a very serious disease and is easily passed from person to person
* systemic infection spread by viremia.
* usually begins with a low fever, headache, stomach ache, loss of appetite and listlessness
  - lasts several days
* usually starts with a fever, weakness, loss of appetite, headache, and feeling tired
  - neck or ear pain, loss of appetite, tiredness, headache, and low fever
* vaccine-preventable disease.
* very contagious infection of one or more of the salivary glands.
* viral infection characterized by swelling of the salivary glands near the neck
  - that typically causes a mild fever and a swollen jaw