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Mumps Outbreak Reported Among New York Jewish Community

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:08:1

New York, New York, United States (AHN) - An outbreak of the mumps is sweeping through New York's Jewish community.

The outbreak is being linked to a summer camp in the state's Sullivan County, where an 11-year-old boy attending the camp brought the illness home with him unknowingly from a recent trip to England.

After camp ended, about 24 children contracted the mumps and brought it home with them to their respective hometowns, New York City television station WPIX reported.

So far, the outbreak hasn't gone beyond the Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities in the state. The Israeli news organization Arutz Sheva reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a total of 179 cases of the mumps in New York and Canada.

Mumps is highly contagious and causes swelling in the salivary glands in the neck. It usually lasts for about 10 days.

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