Influenza-Related Parotitis during a Large Mumps Outbreak - Arkansas, 2016-2017

Arch Clin Case Rep. 2019 May;2(2):6-8. Epub 2019 May 1.

Abstract

During August 2016-July 2017, Arkansas experienced a large mumps (parotitis) outbreak; however, mumps-negative cases of parotitis were also identified in this period. Nineteen of 215 samples (9%) randomly selected for influenza PCR testing were positive for influenza A virus. Practitioners should consider influenza as a cause of nonmumps parotitis.

Keywords: Influenza; Influenza-Related Parotitis; Mumps; Parotitis; Public Health.