Rubella: Also Known as German Measles

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• Corporate Authors:
  American Academy of Family Physicians. ; American Academy of Pediatrics. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Rubella, sometimes called “German measles,” is a contagious disease caused by a virus. Unlike measles, rubella almost never causes serious illness or complications in infants and young children. However, rubella infection in pregnant women can cause unborn babies to have serious birth defects with devastating, life-long consequences, or even die before birth.
  
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• Subjects:
  Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Rubella/prevention & Control Vaccination
• Series:
  Diseases and the Vaccines That Prevent Them
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
• Genre:
  Popular Works
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha-512:04844673d26003130e016d91ce5de47b8cbe0cb724648ad2c3192a208c81015d951a406c23f1681cbec53485fcc4f549a411927fbd194981ff329794d579460d
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