Rubella/German Measles

• Rubella

  • Single-strand RNA
• Rubella Genus - Rubivirus
• Rubella Member - Togavirus Family
• Modes of Transmission (Rubella)

  • Inhalation of droplets
  • Transplacental
• Pathogenesis

  1. Respiratory transmission of virus
  2. Replicates in nasopharynx and regional lymph nodes
  3. Viremia 5-7 days after exposure and spread
• Forchheimer Spots - Spots found in rubella
• Rubella - confirmed by the presence of anti-rubella-specific IgM or the Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)
• MRR (V) Vaccine (Rubella)

  • To prevent rubella
• First dose of MRR in Rubella - 12-15 moths
• Second Dose of vax in rubella - 4-6 years old
• 1929 - Rubella vaccination program
• 2004 - Rubella was eliminated from the US