DURING the winter and spring of 1964 the United States experienced the largest epidemic of rubella recorded during the past twenty years.1 In Connecticut over 40,000 cases were reported to the Stat ...

Rubella is typically mild in adults and children but can cause serious birth defects in pregnant women, including deafness, cataracts, heart defects, mental deficiency and liver or spleen damage ...

Several manifestations of congenital rubella have been added to the cataracts and heart defects described by Gregg 1 in 1941, but purpura has not been a conspicuous feature until recently. In a ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract. Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella ...

Rubella is typically mild in adults and children but can cause serious birth defects in pregnant women, including deafness, cataracts, heart defects, mental deficiency and liver or spleen damage ...

Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome cases reported to the Center for Disease Control, United States, 1966 1999. Comments 3090D553-9492-4563-8681-AD288FA52ACE ...

Discover how the MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella. Learn who should get it and when, and why a myth persists linking the vaccine to autism.

Rubella and rubeola are infectious diseases resulting from different viruses. Rubella is more commonly known as German measles, and rubeola as measles. Medical News Today ...

A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye, a gradual process that can eventually impair vision. Despite being the leading cause of blindness worldwide, cataracts are considered to ...

Long-term exposure to ultra-violet radiation may be associated with development of cataracts. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses that filter out UVB rays from a young age slows the development ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract. Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome ...