Mumps

Mumps is identified in the provided metadata as a viral infection of the salivary glands [disease]. The disease is indexed as B26 in ICD-10 and KA62 in ICD-11, which supports its use as a standardized surveillance entity [disease]. No additional etiologic characterization, such as viral subtype or pathogenesis, is stated in the source snippets and is therefore not added here ^[1][2][3].

The supplied sources do not describe the clinical syndrome of mumps in detail, beyond identifying it as a salivary-gland infection [disease]. Source-backed information on symptom sequence, severity spectrum, complications, duration, or post-infectious sequelae is not available in the provided material ^[1][2][3]. Accordingly, this profile does not infer typical clinical features from general medical knowledge.

The provided sources do not report geographic distribution, outbreak patterns, reservoir, seasonality, or burden estimates for mumps ^[1][2][3]. One source is a bibliographic citation for a 2000 article titled “Mumps and mumps vaccine,” but the snippet supplies only scholarly metadata rather than epidemiologic findings ^[1]. Another metadata record identifies a 2005 encyclopedia entry on mumps, and a third identifies a 1995 childhood-conditions reference, but neither snippet provides usable population-level epidemiology ^[2][3].

Source-backed information on how mumps is transmitted is not present in the provided snippets ^[1][2][3]. Because the evidence boundary here is limited to metadata and unrelated vaccine-safety material, no transmission route or exposure mechanism is asserted ^[4][5][6].

The provided snippets do not identify specific high-risk groups for mumps infection or severe outcomes ^[1][2][3]. Vaccine-safety sources discuss MMR use in children and note analyses in high-risk children with siblings who have autism, but that evidence concerns autism outcomes rather than mumps susceptibility ^[4][5][6]. Source-backed detail on age, pregnancy, immunocompromise, or other risk strata is not yet available in the supplied material.

The source set does not provide mumps-specific prevention guidance, immunization schedule details, or outbreak-control measures ^[1][2][3]. The only vaccine-related material concerns MMR safety in relation to autism, including high-strength evidence of no increased autism risk after MMR vaccination and increased risk of febrile seizures with MMR in children ^[5]. This evidence supports the broader context of vaccine confidence, but it does not itself provide mumps prevention guidance in the snippet set ^[4][5][6].

For surveillance purposes, the most reliable identifier available here is the disease classification itself: mumps as a viral salivary-gland infection, ICD-10 B26 and ICD-11 KA62 [disease]. The current source packet does not provide case definitions, laboratory criteria, or reporting thresholds, so those elements should be obtained from a dedicated surveillance manual rather than inferred ^[1][2][3]. Vaccine-safety literature included in the payload addresses autism concerns around MMR and may be useful for communication context, but it does not substitute for disease monitoring guidance ^[4][5][6].

1. 1 Mumps and mumps vaccine. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2000. doi: 10.1007/bf02859472. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02859472
2. 2 Mumps. Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. 2005. doi: 10.1002/0471743984.vse5025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/0471743984.vse5025
3. 3 Mumps. The A-Z Reference Book of Childhood Conditions. 1995. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-7098-5_29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7098-5_29
4. 4 DeStefano F et al. The MMR Vaccine and Autism. Annu Rev Virol. 2019 Sep 29. PMID: 30986133. doi: 10.1146/annurev-virology-092818-015515. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30986133/
5. 5 Gidengil C et al. Safety of vaccines used for routine immunization in the United States: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 2021 Jun 23. PMID: 34049735. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.079. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34049735/
6. 6 Mohammed SA et al. Does Vaccination Increase the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder? Cureus. 2022 Aug. PMID: 36110492. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27921. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36110492/

ICD-10

B26

ICD-11

KA62

Total cases

4.5M

Total deaths

27

Peak month

2012-06

Coverage

8 reporting countries · 2000-01-01 → 2026-06-20