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Descriptor English: Mumps virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus de la Parotiditis
Descriptor virus de la parotiditis
Entry term(s) Myxovirus parotitidis
virus de la parotiditis epidémica
virus de las paperas
Scope note: Especie tipo de RUBULAVIRUS que produce una enfermedad infecciosa aguda en humanos y afecta principalmente a niños. La transmisión ocurre por gotículas de secreción infectadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus da Caxumba
Descriptor French: Virus des oreillons
Entry term(s): Epidemic Parotitis Virus
Epidemic Parotitis Viruses
Mumps viruses
Myxovirus parotitidis
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.650.750.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009109
Scope note: The type species of RUBULAVIRUS that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children. Transmission occurs by droplet infection.
Annotation: infection = MUMPS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
DeCS ID: 9300
Unique ID: D009109
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Mumps virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0014204
Scope note The type species of RUBULAVIRUS that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children. Transmission occurs by droplet infection.
Preferred term Mumps virus
Entry term(s) Epidemic Parotitis Virus
Epidemic Parotitis Viruses
Mumps viruses
Myxovirus parotitidis



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