MASTERING MICROBIOLOGY BODY SYSTEMS
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The respiratory therapy student asked about the mumps, but textbook covers a chapter on the
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Mumps is a viral disease that is caused by the mumps virus. It comes under the genus Rubulavirus and family Paramyxoviridiae. The primary infection with the mumps virus causes illness. Symptoms of the mumps include inflammation of the salivary glands, sore throat, and fever.
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