mumps virus
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The mumps virus is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus that causes mumps, a contagious disease characterized primarily by painful swelling of the salivary glands and preventable by vaccination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| mumps virus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17262247 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: mumps virus Context triple: [Mononegavirales, notableHumanPathogensInclude, mumps virus]
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A.
Mastadenovirus
Mastadenovirus is a genus of non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses in the Adenoviridae family that infect mammals, including humans, and are associated with a range of respiratory, ocular, and gastrointestinal diseases.
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B.
John Cunningham virus
John Cunningham virus is a human polyomavirus that typically remains latent but can cause the severe demyelinating brain disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Human mastadenovirus D
Human mastadenovirus D is a species of human adenoviruses that includes multiple serotypes, some of which are used as viral vectors in vaccine development and gene therapy.
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D.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
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E.
MMR
MMR is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a large urban agglomeration in and around Mumbai that encompasses multiple municipal corporations and towns in western India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: mumps virus Target entity description: The mumps virus is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus that causes mumps, a contagious disease characterized primarily by painful swelling of the salivary glands and preventable by vaccination.
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A.
Mastadenovirus
Mastadenovirus is a genus of non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses in the Adenoviridae family that infect mammals, including humans, and are associated with a range of respiratory, ocular, and gastrointestinal diseases.
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B.
John Cunningham virus
John Cunningham virus is a human polyomavirus that typically remains latent but can cause the severe demyelinating brain disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Human mastadenovirus D
Human mastadenovirus D is a species of human adenoviruses that includes multiple serotypes, some of which are used as viral vectors in vaccine development and gene therapy.
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D.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
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E.
MMR
MMR is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a large urban agglomeration in and around Mumbai that encompasses multiple municipal corporations and towns in western India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.