Health officials at the University of Texas in Austin emailed a health alert to certain students Wednesday, warning them of possible mumps exposure, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
"I am writing you to let you know that you may have been exposed to mumps because a UT student in one of your classes has been diagnosed with mumps or has symptoms of mumps," the email said, according to the American-Statesman.
The email did not specify when the potential exposure may have occurred, and it was unclear how many students received the alert. UT Health Services did not respond to the paper's request for comments on Wednesday.
Mumps can cause painful, swollen salivary glands. It is a highly transmissible virus contracted through person-to-person contact. Two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine are 88 percent effective at preventing mumps, according to the CDC.
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