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MeSH Heading: Mumps virus
Tree Number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.650.750.550
Unique ID: D009109
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009109
Annotation: infection = MUMPS
Scope Note: The type species of RUBULAVIRUS that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children. Transmission occurs by droplet infection.
Entry Term(s): Epidemic Parotitis Virus; Myxovirus parotitidis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

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classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Mumps virus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025