Infection · UKMLA & AKT
Mumps
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Paramyxovirus; spread via respiratory droplets and infected saliva
- Infectious from 1-2 days before symptoms until ~9 days after onset (contagious before symptomatic)
- Up to 15-20% of infections are asymptomatic; one episode confers lifelong immunity
- UK resurgence driven by 'Wakefield cohort' - young adults who missed MMR following the discredited 1998 Wakefield paper
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