AUGUST 22, 2018

University-Based Mumps Outbreak Illustrates Gaps in Record Keeping, Potential Need for Additional Vaccines

By Ethan Covey

An outbreak of measles at four universities in Indiana in 2016 was difficult to track, partly because of incomplete records of students’ receipt of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, officials said.

Additionally, the university setting presented challenges in controlling the outbreak, especially as some of the confirmed cases occurred in individuals with documentation of presumptive evidence of immunity (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67[29]:793-797).

“Managing mumps