THE observation of a newborn infant with widespread petechiae and thrombocytopenia born to a mother who had had rubella during the 1964 epidemic stimulated us to seek other newborn and older children ...

Rubella antibodies in the blood mean that a person’s immune system has developed a response to the rubella virus. A positive result for rubella immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies means a person is immune ...

The purpose of this paper is to report specific rubella-virus hemagglutination and the development of a hemagglutination-inhibition test for antibody assay. The WI-2 line of baby-hamster-kidney cells ...

Different viruses cause rubella and rubeola. Rubella is more commonly known as German measles, and people typically refer to rubeola as measles. They can be difficult to tell apart because they have ...

THE CASE: In January 2004 a female infant was delivered by cesarean section at 36 weeks' gestation because of severe intrauterine growth restriction. The mother was a healthy 31-year-old gravida 4 ...

Every day, my family lives with the impact of a disease that most Americans have largely forgotten: Rubella. My adult son’s birth mother had rubella during her pregnancy. Thanks to widespread ...

There are several diseases that can occur because of viral infections. Viral diseases can be extremely contagious and sometimes lead to number of complications. Measles can be very tricky and thus you ...

Recent rubella outbreaks in Japan and Poland are the clearest evidence possible that herd immunity matters. There are many reasons why people don’t get vaccinated for totally preventable diseases such ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared that Australia has eliminated rubella. Rubella, also known as German measles, is a contagious viral disease. The symptoms in children are ...