Symptoms
This disease causes noticeable swelling in the parotid region, leading to a “chipmunk cheek” appearance.
What is mumps?
This common over-the-counter drug can be used to reduce mumps-related pain and fever.
What is acetaminophen (or ibuprofen)?
This disease is most often spread through respiratory droplets, especially in close-contact settings.
What is mumps?
This RNA virus causes mumps and primarily affects children between ages 5–19.
What is the mumps virus?
In 2024, this New Jersey county reported a mumps outbreak in a family of 8.
What is Hunterdon County?
This disease may cause shortness of breath, fever, and respiratory issues due to exposure to mold toxins.
What is aflatoxin poisoning?
This supplement protects the liver from AFB₁ toxicity and boosts antioxidant levels.
What is N-acetylcysteine?
This fungal disease results from consuming contaminated crops like peanuts or corn.
What is aflatoxin poisoning?
This spore-forming mold produces the toxin aflatoxin B₁.
What is Aspergillus flavus?
This South Indian district reported over 13,000 mumps cases in 2024 alone.
What is Malappuram?
This parasitic disease may present with nausea and stomach cramps months after infection.
What is tapeworm infection?
This tapeworm infection is treated with a class of medications known as anthelmintics.
What are antiparasitic drugs?
This infection stems from eating improperly cooked meat, especially pork or beef.
What is tapeworm infection?
This parasite is found in undercooked beef and is a cause of human tapeworm infections.
What is Taenia saginata?
This U.S. mumps outbreak in 2006 had over 6,000 cases, mostly on college campuses.
What is the 2006 college mumps outbreak?
In severe cases, this disease can lead to hemoptysis, coughing up blood, due to lung damage.
What is aflatoxin poisoning?
This compound found in milk thistle has shown protective effects against aflatoxin B₁ in human and animal studies.
What is silymarin?
Aflatoxin poisoning is caused by exposure to mold growing on this kind of material.
What are soil or agricultural crops?
This pork tapeworm species can cause severe disease in humans.
What is Taenia solium?
Tapeworms are estimated to affect this many people globally.
What is 40–60 million?
This infection may cause neurological symptoms and organ disruption if untreated cysts spread internally.
What is cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium?
This biocontrol product prevents aflatoxin outbreaks by outcompeting toxin-producing mold in the field.
What is Aflasafe?
After contaminating soil or water, this waste material allows tapeworms to infect animals.
What is feces?
These microbes attach to a host’s intestinal walls and absorb nutrients from them.
What are tapeworms?
This chart trend in the aflatoxin outbreak showed a downward curve after early June.
What is the abatement trend?