Photos of Mumps

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Photos of Mumps Virus and People Affected by Mumps

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A few examples from the Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

Child with mumps.

PHIL Photo ID# 130
This photo of a young child with mumps shows the characteristic jaw swelling.

This 1977 thin sectioned transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted the ultrastructural details of the mumps virions that had been grown in a Vero cell culture.

PHIL Photo ID# 8757
This picture of the mumps virus was taken using an electron microscope.

This 1973 negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted the ultrastructural features displayed by the mumps virus.

PHIL Photo ID# 8758
This picture of the mumps virus was taken using an electron microscope.

This 1976 negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted the ultrastructural features displayed by the mumps virus.

PHIL Photo ID# 1874
This picture of the mumps virus was taken using an electron microscope.

This illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, mumps virus particle that is studded with glycoprotein tubercles.

PHIL Photo ID# 21073
This illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, mumps virus particle that is studded with glycoprotein tubercles.

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Page last reviewed: March 15, 2019
Content source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases