In a recent study published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers modeled the probability of eradication of measles and rubella by 2100. The global increase in vaccination coverage for measles and ...

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 ...

There are several diseases that can occur because of viral infections. Viral diseases can be extremely contagious and sometimes lead to number of complications. Measles can be very tricky and thus you ...

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 ...

The purpose of this paper is to report specific rubella-virus hemagglutination and the development of a hemagglutination-inhibition test for antibody assay. The WI-2 line of baby-hamster-kidney cells ...

Heather Gidding receives funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Kristine Macartney is the Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance ...

At present 40 per cent of congenital deafness is inexplicable. The effect of rubella on the frequency of congenital deafness was studied five years after an epidemic of rubella in an island population ...

Measles is a virus that can lead to ear infection, pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and death. Measles is spread from person to person through airborne droplets and is very contagious. Mumps is a ...

A Central Texas school district notified local families last week about a confirmed case of Rubella, also known as "German measles." A letter from Mexia ISD stated that a nurse within the district had ...