Mumps makes resurgence at 3 Indiana universities

In separate outbreaks, a total of 14 students at three colleges in Indiana have fallen ill with mumps, according to an Indy Star report.

Since Feb. 11, nine cases of the mumps were reported at Butler University; four cases were confirmed at Indiana University's Bloomington campus since Feb.10; and one case has been reported at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Currently no link between cases has been established.

At the recommendation of the Marion County Public Health Department, Butler University will make mumps booster shots available at clinics next Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the report. Butler workers are disinfecting communal areas, and students with mumps have been isolated.

As of yet, Indiana University has not announced booster shot clinics, but it is attempting to slow the spread on its campuses through other means.

State officials say more cases are a possibility, and they do not believe the outbreaks are linked, according to the report.

Indiana is not the only state where college students have gotten mumps: In August 2015, nearly 100 cases of mumps were confirmed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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