The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

Mumps

Mumps is a viral disease that is considered to be very rare in modern-day, due to vaccinations. Mumps has been recorded since 400 BC but was not declared a contagious disease until 1934 when it was shown to transmit between people by a filterable virus. The disease was a huge detriment to armies fighting in both World War I and World War II. 

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