The Grundy County Health Department said Wednesday it’s investigating several suspected cases of Mumps with one confirmed case in Grundy County.

On its blog the department said at this time there has been one lab-confirmed case of the illness and several suspected cases in area residents.

“Mumps is a viral illness. The symptoms of mumps are: body aches, loss of appetite, fatigue, headache, low grade fever and parotitis. Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both of the major salivary (parotid) glands located on either side of the face,” the health department said.

A Mumps outbreak recently took place at the University of Missouri with 73 cases confirmed.  As we previously reported, the outbreak began in early November.

The Grundy County Health Department said Missouri law requires children to have two MMR vaccinations before attending school.  However, officials have said the vaccine does not prevent 100 percent of infections.