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 ...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE My wife is due with our child in less than three weeks. She was told she has no resistance to German measles. The doctor says she needs a shot after the baby is born, and she cannot ...
VOL: 100, ISSUE: 09, PAGE NO: 74Helen Bedford, PhD, RGN, RHV, FRCPCH, MFPH, is lecturer in children's health, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health.MMR is the combined ...
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 ...