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Rubella (also known as epidemic roseola, German measles, liberty measles or three-day measles) is a disease caused by the Rubella virus. It is often mild and an attack can pass unnoticed. However, this can make the virus difficult to diagnose. The virus usually enters the body through the nose or throat. The disease can last 1-5 days. Children recover more quickly than adults. Like most viruses living along the respiratory tract, it is passed from person to person by tiny droplets in the air that are breathed out. Rubella can also be transmitted from a mother to her developing baby through the bloodstream via the placenta. The virus has an incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks during which it becomes established.
The name German measles has nothing to do with Germany. It comes from the Latin germanus, meaning "similar", since rubella and measles share many symptoms.
Symptoms
Symptoms of rubella include: More on [ Rubella ]
RT @DrJenGunter Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
rebeccaelia (Rebecca Elia) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:06 -0000
RT @DrJenGunter Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
RT @DrJenGunter If they were really right to life they would picket Big Tobacco& the anti-vaccine movement(rubella vac prevents stillbirths)
rebeccaelia (Rebecca Elia) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:46:54 -0000
RT @DrJenGunter If they were really right to life they would picket Big Tobacco& the anti-vaccine movement(rubella vac prevents stillbirths)
@meducate Thank for RT. We are at serious risk for return of congenital rubella syndrome. It is a devastating condition.
DrJenGunter (Jennifer Gunter) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:39 -0000
@meducate Thank for RT. We are at serious risk for return of congenital rubella syndrome. It is a devastating condition.
RT @DrJenGunter: Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
thegooddrlaura (Laura M.D.) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:27 -0000
RT @DrJenGunter: Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
DrJenGunter (Jennifer Gunter) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:46:11 -0000
Vaccination against rubella prevents stillbirths and fetal anomalies. Why shouldn't that be free?
And not getting it is like playing Russian roulette with polio, smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus.
BrianAWheler (Brian A. Wheeler) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:09:05 -0000
And not getting it is like playing Russian roulette with polio, smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus.
CDC: Rubella - Factsheets on the disease and its vaccine.
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