PH 30007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Meningococcal Disease, Mumps Vaccine, Mumps Virus

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PH 30007
• Professor: Frank K.Henry- Ala

Document Summary

Meningococcal meningitis is a serious disease with very high mortality. Is seen worldwide but mostly in the meningitic. Immunization has reduced meningococcal meningitis belt" of africa in libya to a negligible level. Source of infection carriers and cases. Occurs more commonly in winter and early spring. Overcrowding as in hostels, schools, army barracks lead to rapid spread of disease. An effective vaccine is available to prevent. In libya children are vaccinated at the age of 6 at the time of school entry. Mumps is an acute disease characterized by non- suppurative enlargement of parotid glands. Source of infection case of mumps including sub- Period of infectivity 16 days before and 13 days. Natural history after the onset of disease clinical cases secretions young adults. Host factors mumps is a disease of children and. Main feature is swelling of parotid gland (one side or both sides) Live attenuated vaccine is available to prevent. In libya mumps vaccine is combined( ) with.