CCIC Provider Education: Mumps Clinical Review and Outbreak Update
This presentation was particularly timely in light of the concurrent Denver metro area mumps outbreak. Once thought to be a disease of the past, mumps has made a comeback with the greatest number of cases seen in the last 10 years. Amanda provided a clinical overview of mumps, and she discussed the recent outbreaks and obstacles faced by the public health community in the climate of these outbreaks.
This presentation:
- Provided a historic perspective on mumps including outbreak trends pre and post vaccination
- Described the epidemiology and burden of disease
- Reviewed the clinical manifestation of mumps and diagnostic testing tools
- Summarized previous mumps outbreaks, including vaccine effectiveness, current vaccine schedule and recommendations
Presenters
Amanda Reiff, MPH, CPH
Amanda Reiff currently works for Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) vaccine-preventable disease epidemiologist. Before joining CDPHE, she worked for Jefferson County Public Health as a communicable disease epidemiologist. Amanda has a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Colorado State University in 2010 and received her Masters of Public Health from Penn State University in 2014.
