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A half-dozen of the affected students are in Chapman’s law school, and one is an undergraduate, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
The outbreak at the Christian Church-affiliated university in the city of Orange appears to have started Jan. 26, with symptoms showing in one case as recently as last Thursday, the HCA reported.
The outbreak correlates with other eruptions in mumps cases at college campuses around the country over the past several years.
Most of the affected students were fully vaccinated, which is consistent with other college outbreaks nationally, according to the HCA’s Jessica Good. Getting vaccinated lowers the risk of mumps substantially, but doesn’t eliminate it, she said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the two doses of MMR recommended by doctors — one at 12 to 15 months and a second at 4 to 6 years old — prevents mumps 88 percent of the time, according to the agency.
The “most characteristic symptom” of mumps is “parotid swelling,” according to the agency. “Parotitis can initially manifest as earache and tenderness on palpation of the angle of the jaw.”
Other symptoms include muscle ache, loss of appetite, malaise, headache or fever.
— City News Service