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 * All about the Mumps (epidemic parotitis) **

Julia Schwieterman Core 3 Ms. Kessling's Science Class Project: Mumps

The History of the Mumps: In the 18th and the 19th centuries, there was a mump plague. Many children and adults had gotten sick with the mumps. The mumps have been around of thousands of years and were discovered and named around 1000 B.C. It was not until the 1960s was the first vaccine to treat the mumps was made.

Interesting facts about the mumps: 1. Children from the ages 5-9 usually get the mumps. 2. There are three types of mumps 3.Today, only about 1,600 people in the United States get the mumps each year.
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