Multiple choice

Parotids are the salivary glands of the body. They get affected in ________ disease.

  1. Marburg hemorrhagic fever

  2. Measles

  3. Mumps

  4. Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Mumps is an acute but usually mild viral infection of childhood, characterized by swollen and inflamed salivary glands (most often the parotids). Less often the virus attacks the pancreas, ovaries, testes, and other organs. Mump virus is a highly contagious paramyxovirus that is commonly transmitted in respiratory droplets.

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