Transmission

Through the respiratory tract by droplets from the nose and throat.

Symptoms

Mild fever, a fine pink rash that quickly spreads over the whole body, swollen tender lymph nodes behind the ears and at the back of the head, joint pain.

Complications

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the baby if the mother is infected in the first 3 months of pregnancy: deafness, congenital heart defects, cataracts, small head, miscarriage, stillbirth.

People at high risk

Women of childbearing age who are not immune.

Preventive vaccines

MMR (SII) – Measles–mumps–rubella vaccine
MMR II – Measles–mumps–rubella vaccine
ProQuad – Measles–mumps–rubella–varicella vaccine (MMRV)
Trimovax – Measles–mumps–rubella vaccine
Priorix – GSK measles–mumps–rubella vaccine
MR (SII) – Measles–rubella vaccine
MRVAC – Vietnamese measles–rubella vaccine
Rubella vaccine RA 27/3 HDC – Live attenuated rubella vaccine