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What virus causes measles and mumps?
Etiology. Mumps, like measles, is a disease caused by an RNA virus classified in the Paramyxoviridae family. Unlike measles, mumps belongs to the Rubulavirus genus. It is a human disease with no animal reservoirs.
What disease was eradicated by the introduction of vaccinations?
Smallpox is the only human disease that has been globally eradicated through vaccines. It’s also responsible for the first known vaccine, created by the English physician Edward Jenner in 1796.
What is the difference between chickenpox and German measles?
Rubella (also known as German measles) is a serious infection that causes miscarriages, stillbirths, or birth defects in unborn babies when pregnant women get the disease. Varicella (commonly known as chickenpox) is an infection that is easily spread from one person to another.
Who was the first to study and document the differences between smallpox and measles?
In 340, Chinese alchemist Ko Hung described the difference between smallpox and measles; a Christian priest, Ahrun, did the same in Egypt about 300 years later. In 910, the Persian physician Rhazes published the most widely celebrated early diagnoses of the two diseases.
What organism causes mumps?
Mumps is a viral illness caused by a paramyxovirus, a member of the Rubulavirus family.
What is another name for mumps?
| Mumps | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Epidemic parotitis |
| Child with mumps | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| Symptoms | Parotitis and non-specific symptoms such as fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite |
Who discovered smallpox?
Edward Jenner
| Edward Jenner FRS FRCPE | |
|---|---|
| Died | 26 January 1823 (aged 73) Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Alma mater | St George’s, University of London University of St Andrews |
| Known for | Smallpox vaccine Vaccination |
| Scientific career |