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German measles (rubella)
German measles, also known as rubella, is a viral infection that can be prevented by a vaccine. While German measles is not serious for most patients, it can cause birth defects in a baby born to a woman who contracts the infection while pregnant.
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What does German measles look like?
German measles is somewhat a higher type of measles infection that usually affects adults that have been previously affected with measles. This is still a communicable disease but has a different characteristic than the latter and has more severe symptoms.
Where did the vaccination for rubella come from?
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- The Antonine Plague, 165-180 AD, also known as the Plague of Galen, who described it, was probably smallpox or measles.
- Disease killed as much as one-third of the population in some areas, and decimated the Roman army.
- The first scientific description of measles and its distinction from smallpox and chickenpox is credited to the Persian physician, Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi (860-932), known to the West as "Rhazes", who published a book entitled The Book of Smallpox and Measles (in Arabic: Kitab fi al-jadari wa-al-hasbah).
- Measles is an endemic disease, meaning that it has been continually present in a community, and many people develop resistance.
- In populations that have not been exposed to measles, exposure to a new disease can be devastating.
- In 1529, a measles outbreak in Cuba killed two-thirds of the natives who had previously survived smallpox.
- Two years later measles was responsible for the deaths of half the population of Honduras, and had ravaged Mexico, Central America, and the Inca civilization.
- In roughly the last 150 years, measles has been estimated to have killed about 200 million people worldwide.[34] During the 1850s, measles killed a fifth of Hawaii's people.
- In 1875, measles killed over 40,000 Fijians, approximately one-third of the population.
- In the 19th century, the disease decimated the Andamanese population.
- In 1954, the virus causing the disease was isolated from an 11-year old boy from the United States, David Edmonston, and adapted and propagated on chick embryo tissue culture.
- To date, 21 strains of the measles virus have been identified.
- While at Merck, Maurice Hilleman developed the first successful vaccine.
- Licensed vaccines to prevent the disease became available in 1963
How long should you be quarantined for German measles?
They should stay home and inside until the fever is gone.
How do you distinguish rubeolla and rubella?
Rubella is also called German measles, while rubeola is regular measles. The biggest difference between the two is that rubella is considered to be a milder disease that only lasts around three days. Rubeola can become a serious illness that lasts several days and can cause other serious permanent complications.
Why do only girls are given the rubella vaccine when they are about 12 years old?
Girls need protection against rubella in case of pregnancy. If a pregnant women should get rubella it will cause teratogenic to the unborn baby. Those can be eye, ear, heart and brain teratogenic. Mostly this will happen during the first thre months of pregnancy. In case of pregnancy the doctors in Germany make a blood test to find out if the women has immunisation against rubella.
What does rubella do to the body?
Rubella is a contagious infection that leaves a rash on your skin. Rubella is also called German Measles. The rash looks like either pink or light red spots, which can form evenly colored patches. Rubella can lead to swollen lymph nodes in other parts of the body, and pain and swelling in the joints. Rubella in pregnant woman can cause congenital rubella syndrome. Children who are infected with rubella pre-birth are at risk for many things such as growth and mental retardation, malformations of the heart and eyes, deafness, and liver, spleen, and bone marrow problems. It's very serious for pregnant women diagnosed with rubella get a vaccine immediately.
What kind of pathogen is German measles?
An ariborne pathogen that targets the respiratory tracts is the rubella virus. Rubella virus is also known as the German Measles. Treatment for the rubella virus is a vaccine.
German measles or Rubela is caused by a special type of microbe called as 'Virus'.
How long is rubella contagious?
The disease is contagious for about one week before the onset of symptoms and for about one week after the rash appears.
What must you do if you have German measles and you are pregnant?
First and foremost, you need to contact your obstetrician. Treatment is dependent upon which trimester the patient is in. German measles are a very significant condition during pregnancy because it can attack the central nervous system and cause birth defects.
What is the common name for rubella?
Varicella is the scientific name for chickenpox. The virus that causes chickenpox is varicella zoster virus.
Did German measles come from Germany?
Germs come from bad places like if we eat bad street things,they contain germs because mosqiutoes sit on them and they are very bad for health and then you get very ill
Patent ductus arteriosus is one heart ailment associated with congenital rubella.
If you have rubeola are you protected from rubella?
No, rubeola and rubella are separate infections with their own vaccination content (although they are usually combined into a single injection along with mumps protection.)
What is the correct way to do a search to match an exact phrase like ''German measles''?
Most search engines will accept quotation marks around a phrase to denote that it is a phrase. So to a search engine, "German Measles" is one word.
Is there a test to find out if a person has had measles chickenpox or German measles?
Yes, you can get a blood test to check your titer (immunity level) for measles, chickenpox, and rubella (German measles).
Do you need to get a Rubella shot prior to trying to get pregnant if you had one 12 years ago?
Talk with your doctor about this. Sometimes any doctor will answer a general question like this.
That collection of tests is typically done during pregnancy.
What is a another name for German measles that starts with rub?
Rubella is another name for German measles.
