A St. Ignatius College Prep student has been diagnosed with the mumps, school officials announced Tuesday.
The Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed the case was a Chicago resident. It is the seventh case of mumps in the city since January, health officials said.
The cases reported in Chicago have been residents between the ages of 7 and 49, but only one case required hospitalization, according to the CDPH.
Two of the cases were associated with an outbreak at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus and one was a Chicago high school student.
Seven cases were also reported in Chicago during the same time last year.
Health officials said a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is recommended for all children in two doses, but adults should receive at least one dose of the vaccine if they "have no evidence of immunity."
The mumps disease is spread through the saliva or mucus of an infected person. Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, loss of appetite, puffy cheeks or swollen jaw. Some people who get mumps experience only mild or no symptoms and most recover within a few weeks, health officials said.
