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The National Hockey League's puzzling outbreak of the mumps has now reached the league's biggest star.
Sidney Crosby is the latest player to be affected by the vaccine-preventable disease. ThePittsburgh Penguins announced the diagnosis in a news release Sunday morning.
According to the release, Crosby will be "monitored daily, but specialists believe he should be through the infectious period by Monday."
Crosby was held out of the Penguins' past two games for "precautionary reasons" as the team awaited additional test results -- his initial test results came back negative, a source told ESPN.com -- and he will also miss the team's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.
Crosby received a booster shot against the virus before traveling to Russia for the Winter Olympics in February, and initial tests done a couple of weeks ago indicated that Crosby was not in any danger.
Source: ESPN
Sidney Crosby is the latest player to be affected by the vaccine-preventable disease. ThePittsburgh Penguins announced the diagnosis in a news release Sunday morning.
According to the release, Crosby will be "monitored daily, but specialists believe he should be through the infectious period by Monday."
Crosby was held out of the Penguins' past two games for "precautionary reasons" as the team awaited additional test results -- his initial test results came back negative, a source told ESPN.com -- and he will also miss the team's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.
Crosby received a booster shot against the virus before traveling to Russia for the Winter Olympics in February, and initial tests done a couple of weeks ago indicated that Crosby was not in any danger.
Source: ESPN