{"id":10070,"date":"2025-03-01T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan116\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:46:23","slug":"dhan116","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan116\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan116 ~  Division of Public Health &#8211; &#8211; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan116.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->116 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->May 24, 2006 8:19 am <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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CDC and state and local health departments continue to investigate a\n\n\n  multi-state outbreak of mumps that began on a college campus in eastern Iowa in December 2005.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  DPH has investigated several suspect cases of mumps. To date, no cases of mumps have been confirmed in Delaware this year.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>\n\n\n  Background\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  As of May 18, 2006, 11 states (Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Minnesota\n\n\n  and Massachusetts) reported nearly 4000 cases of mumps. Of those, over 50% are from Iowa. This figure represents confirmed, probable and\n\n\n  suspect cases. This is the largest number of mumps cases reported to CDC in a single year since 1991.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  During this outbreak, the incidence rate has been highest among persons aged 18-24 years, many of whom are college students. The peak\n\n\n  week of onset has been April 2-8, 2006 in Iowa and April 16-22, 2006 in other states. Multiple factors may have contributed to the spread\n\n\n  of mumps in this outbreak and on college campuses such as frequent and extended close contact with other students, low vaccination rates\n\n\n  due to some college admission requirements not requiring 2 doses of MMR, less than 100% effectiveness of MMR vaccine, waning immunity and\n\n\n  delayed recognition and diagnosis of mumps cases.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>\n\n\n  Prevention\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends a 2-dose MMR vaccination series for all children, with the first dose\n\n\n  administered at ages 12-15 months and the second dose at ages 4-6 year. Two doses of MMR are recommended for school and college entry\n\n\n  unless the student has other evidence of immunity.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  On May 17, 2006, ACIP redefined evidence of immunity to mumps through vaccination as follows: 1 dose of a live mumps virus vaccine for\n\n\n  preschool children and adults not at high risk; 2 doses for children in grades K-12 and adults at high risk (i.e., healthcare workers,\n\n\n  international travelers and college students). Other criteria for evidence of immunity (i.e., birth before 1957, documentation of a\n\n\n  confirmed mumps case, or laboratory evidence of immunity) are unchanged.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Healthcare facilities should consider recommending 1 dose of MMR vaccine to unvaccinated healthcare workers born before 1957 who do not\n\n\n  have other evidence of mumps immunity.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>\n\n\n  DPH Services\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>DPH can assist with identifying high risk susceptibles who may be been in contact with the case during the infectious period.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>DPH can coordinate testing for patients in which there is a high clinical suspicion of mumps. Laboratory confirmation of cases is a\n\n\n  valuable epidemiologic tool. The Division of Public Health Laboratory performs serum IgG titer testing (acute and convalescent), as well\n\n\n  as isolation of mumps through a viral culture (throat or urine culture). Viral isolation kits are available from the DPH Lab.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3>\n\n\n  Reporting\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Mumps is required to be reported to DPH by rapid means. Suspect cases should be immediately reported to Epidemiology at 1-888-295-5156 or\n\n\n  302-744-4541. The 888 number is available during normal business hours and for emergencies during non-business hours.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>\n\n\n  For Further Information\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Additional information regarding mumps can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nip\/diseases\/mumps\/default.htm\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nip\/diseases\/mumps\/default.htm<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p><!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n        <div class=\"panel panel-danger\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel-heading\">    \n\n      <h2>Categories of Health Alert messages:<\/h2>\n\n       <\/div>\n\n       <div class=\"panel-body\">\n\n      <ul>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Alert:<\/strong> Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Advisory:<\/strong> Provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Update:<\/strong> Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n            <\/ul>\n\n         <div><strong>NOTE: This page is for informational purposes only and dated material (e.g. temporary websites) may not be available.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n          <\/div> \n\n        <\/div><br>  \n\n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Delaware Health Alert Network #116 May 24, 2006 8:19 am Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9294,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10070","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11246,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10070\/revisions\/11246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}