Multistate Mumps Outbreak Originating from Asymptomatic Transmission at a Nebraska Wedding - Six States, August-October 2019

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jun 5;69(22):666-669. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6922a2.

Abstract

In August 2019, 30 attendees at a Nebraska wedding developed mumps after being exposed to one asymptomatic index patient who was fully vaccinated according to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations (1), resulting in a multistate outbreak. A public health investigation and response revealed epidemiologic links that extended from the index patient through secondary, tertiary, and quaternary patients and culminated in a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster vaccination campaign in the local community where approximately half of the patients resided.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Asymptomatic Diseases*
  • Child
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule
  • Male
  • Marriage
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Mumps / epidemiology*
  • Mumps / prevention & control
  • Mumps / transmission*
  • Nebraska / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine