Serologic responses and patterns of antibody persistence in children given HPV-77 DE-5 or RA27/3 vaccine were compared with those in children who had experienced natural infection. The results ...

THE teratogenic potential of rubella virus has been the subject of continuing assessment since Gregg 1 established a causal relation between maternal rubella and the occurrence of congenital cataracts ...

The incidence and etiology of these infections cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy by a retrospective study of illness during pregnancy, primarily because it is difficult to recollect ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When public health officials make policies about when and how vaccination programs are implemented, they must weigh the benefits and risks of how infectious diseases spread ...

WASHINGTON — The invisible “chain of transmission” of rubella virus has been broken in the United States. With it disappears a disease that a little more than a generation ago struck fear in the heart ...

Rubella, or German measles in pregnancy may cause serious defects to the child, writes Hannah Chira Unknown to many, rubella, commonly known as German measles, is a dangerous infection that can cause ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that Australia has managed to eliminate the viral infection rubella from its population. This is a significant achievement on part of the country’s ...

An international team developed a new model, based on a case study of Nigeria, that may help public health officials accelerate the introduction of rubella vaccination in countries that have yet to do ...