Who does UHL contact with a positive mumps result?
UHL contacts whatever name (physician or institution) is listed on the submitting lab slip. Then UHL submits any reportable disease tests /reports daily to IDPH. << Mumps information page How do we contact the UHL currier system? Local public health should call (319) 335-4500 if a courier is required. Hospitals may use the courier to transport mumps specimens to UHL Most hospital labs already know how to request service. Pick up is available seven days a week. A request needs to be made before noon each day. If you want to verify your lab contact person or would like help, please call either the UHL courier coordinator at (515) 725-1525 or CDS courier (515) 289-9999. << Mumps information page How should contacts be followed up on in school? For all exposures consider the "identified community." That could be the whole school, whole work setting, etc. It is an opportunity to vaccinate susceptibles rather than individual persons. The school setting should be fairly easy; all children K-1
UHL contacts whatever name (physician or institution) is listed on the submitting lab slip. Then UHL submits any reportable disease tests /reports daily to IDPH. << Mumps information page Do we know why so many cases have had MMR? Yes, some of the reported cases are in individuals that have been vaccinated with two doses of MMR. The vaccine efficacy for MMR is 95 percent. Since no vaccine is 100 percent efficacious, it is to be expected that there will be some cases of disease in individuals that have been vaccinated. << Mumps information page Is the strain of mumps virus in Iowa a rare strain? No, it is the same strain seen in an outbreak in England. The current MMR vaccine covers this strain. << Mumps information page Anything significant in MMR at 12mos vs. 15mos? No. There is no correlation to disease and vaccination at 12 months of age. Infants used to be routinely vaccinated at 15 months of age. During the 1989-1991 measles resurgence, incidence rates of measles were more than tw
