Mumps virus belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae. It causes low-grade fever, malaise and parotitis which can be cured with in a week. Neurologic problems are the most common extrasalivary gland manifestations. They include meningitis and encephalitis, deafness, facial neuritis, cerebellar ataxia, hydrocephalus, transverse myelitis and polyradiculitis rarely. Mumps is the viral infection occurs in humans at childhood. The main symptom of the infection is salivary gland swelling. Mumps is a contagious disease that spreads from person to person through respiratory secretions. To prevent this viral infection vaccination is given at childhood. Review articles are the summary of current state of understanding on a particular research topic. They analyze or discuss research previously published by scientist and academicians rather than reporting novel research results. Review article comes in the form of systematic reviews and literature reviews and are a form of secondary literature. Systematic reviews determine an objective list of criteria, and find all previously published original research papers that meet the criteria. Literature reviews, by contrast, provide a summary of what the authors believe are the best and most relevant prior publications. The concept of "review article" is separate from the concept of peer-reviewed literature. It is possible for a review to be peer-reviewed, and it is possible for a review to be non-peer-reviewed.
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