Mumps Mumps is a disease caused by a virus that can infect many parts of the body, especially the parotid salivary glands. www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/mumps.htmlreviews
Medinfo: Mumps Mumps. Medinfo's patient information on mumps, a virus infection which typically causes enlargement of the two salivary glands in the cheeks at the angle of the jaw. This gives an appearance rather like a hamster with food in it's cheeks. www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/mumps.htmlreviews
Mumps Mumps is caused by the paramyxovirus. Of the common childhood illnesses, it is the disease with the longest incubation period and can take as long as three weeks from infection to outbreak. www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/mumps.htmreviews
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