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FactSheet: Rubella Volume 12 Issue 8

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 12(8) 240 - 240 Published: 2001

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Abstract

Rubella (or German measles) is an infectious viral disease of humans. Although most people who get rubella do not experience serious complications, preventing rubella is very important because infection in early pregnancy can cause serious birth defects or miscarriage.