Mumps IgM
General information:
Mumps is an acute infectious disease caused by a virus. The causative agent of mumps is a virus, and the source of infection is only the infected person (attention - carriers of the infection are also people with asymptomatic infection!). The virus is transmitted by airborne droplets, mainly through saliva, which is why it cannot spread over long distances. The infection is also transmitted through the contact-household way - through direct contact with saliva of sick people or objects contaminated with saliva. The entrance door for the virus is the mouth. From the infected persons (sick and those in which the infection is not clinically manifested) the virus can be isolated from the mouth from the 7th day before the onset of the disease to the 9th day after the increase of the salivary glands. The period between the 2nd day before and the 4th day after the onset of the disease is most contagious. The incubation period is 12-25 days (average 15-20 days) after infection. The initial non-specific manifestations of the disease are fever, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, loss of appetite. A characteristic symptom of mumps is the swelling of the parotid, and sometimes sublingual and submandibular salivary glands, accompanied by high fever and soreness, difficulty swallowing and dry mouth, pain in the ears. IgM antibodies are proven immediately after the appearance of clinical symptoms, and are in the highest titers during the first week of the onset of the disease. Post-immunization IgG antibodies are best tested no earlier than 120 days after vaccination. After an infection, the antibodies remain lifelong in high values, in contrast to the post-vaccination antibodies, which are in low titers.
Sample required:
Venous blood