Ava-Mumps

By bmorrissey
  • Hippocrates writes about the symptoms of mumps
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    Hippocrates writes about the symptoms of mumps

    Hippocrates writes about the symptoms of mumps in the 5th century.
  • first detailed scientific description about the mumps is written

    first detailed scientific description about the mumps is written

    The first detailed scientific description of thr mumps is written down.
  • Martha Wollstien suggests the viral nature of mumps

    Martha Wollstien suggests the viral nature of mumps

    Martha Wollstien suggests mumps viral nature by injecting saliva filtrates from sick kids into cats and the cats getting mumps and passing them on to other cats.
  • Mumps was first discovered

    Mumps was first discovered

    Mumps were discovered by Ernest William Goodpasture and Claud D. Johnson
  • first effective vaccine is created

    first effective vaccine is created

    The first effective vaccine was created in 1948 by John Enders
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    vaccine created by John Enders is used

    This vaccine was used in the 1950s to 1978.
  • Mumps vaccines are first avalible

    Mumps vaccines are first avalible

    The mumps vaccine was first avalible at the doctor's office in 1963.
  • U.S. mumps vaccination program started

    U.S. mumps vaccination program started

    U.S. vaccination program started in 1967.
  • Major outbreak of mumps

    Major outbreak of mumps

    This outbreak spread across the U.S., affecting more than 6,584 people, many of which were on college campuses.
  • 2,612 cases of mumps across the United States.

    2,612 cases of mumps across the United States.

    In 2010 there had been 2,612 cases of mumps throughout the U.S.
  • 229 cases of the mumps across the U.S.

    229 cases of the mumps across the U.S.

    In 2012 there had been 229 cases of the mumps recorded across the U.S.