The university delivered letters to students, faculty and staff warning of possible mumps exposure. The letter asked those displaying possible mumps symptoms to contact their physician or the university’s health services department.
The mumps is a viral illness spread via person-to-person contact and causes swelling of the salivary glands, fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness and loss of appetite.
In 2016, more than 200 people were infected with the mumps in an outbreak at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
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