Mumps Outbreak at a Summer Camp — New York, 2005

On July 26, 2005, the Sullivan County Health Department (SCHD) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) were notified of a cluster of cases of parotitis among campers and staff members at a summer camp. An investigation conducted by NYSDOH identified 31 cases of mumps, likely introduced...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2006-02, Vol.55 (7), p.175-177
Main Authors: Henry, K, Pollock, L, Schulte, C, Blog, D, Smith, P, Dayan, G, Schaffzin, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Campers (Persons)
Camping
Child
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Immunity
Immunization programs
Immunization Schedule
Male
Measels mumps rubella vaccine
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine - administration & dosage
Mumps
Mumps - epidemiology
Mumps - transmission
Mumps vaccines
New York - epidemiology
Parotitis
Risk factors
Symptoms
Travel
United Kingdom
Vaccination
Viruses
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Summary:On July 26, 2005, the Sullivan County Health Department (SCHD) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) were notified of a cluster of cases of parotitis among campers and staff members at a summer camp. An investigation conducted by NYSDOH identified 31 cases of mumps, likely introduced by a camp counselor who had traveled from the United Kingdom (UK) and had not been vaccinated for mumps. This report summarizes the results of the subsequent investigation by NYSDOH, which determined that, even in a population with 96% vaccination coverage, as was the case with participants in the summer camp, a mumps outbreak can result from exposure to virus imported from a country with an ongoing mumps epidemic.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X