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Patrick Mansfield- Mumps

By bmorrissey
  • Mumps virus is isolated

    Mumps virus is isolated

    Mumps virus was discovered by Ernest William Goodpasture.
  • inactive vaccine developed

    inactive vaccine developed

    It onlyprovided a short term of immunity
  • Vaccination is found for mumps

    Vaccination is found for mumps

    Developed by Maurice Hilleman after his 5 year old daughter was infected.
  • Mumps Vaccination Program started

    Mumps Vaccination Program started

    About 180,000 cases were reported each year.
  • Period: to

    Relative resurgance of mumps

    It peaked in 1987 when 12,848 cases were reported
  • Two dose vaccine schedule introduced

    Two dose vaccine schedule introduced

    One dose did not give a person full immunity, so two was needed
  • High two-dose vaccination coverage for children reduced disease rates

    High two-dose vaccination coverage for children reduced disease rates

    Two-doses reduced disease rates by 99%
  • US experienced a multi-state mumps outbreak

    US experienced a multi-state mumps outbreak

    involved more than 6,500 reported cases. It predominantly affected college-aged students living in the Midwest
  • Period: to

    Two large outbreaks ocurr

    First outbreak started in New York City when a kid brought mumps from the UK where there was a big outbreak and involved about 3,000 people. Second one involved about 500 people in the US territory of Guam.
  • Period: to

    Mumps outbreaks in California, Virginia, and Maryland

    Outbreaks on college campuses. They all had a limited spread.