Anyone is prone to contracting Rubella with exception of those who have had Rubella or the Rubella vaccine (RFS; 1). Rubella, also known as the German Measles, is usually spread by discharges occurring from the nose or throat and can only be passed on to the next person through direct contact with the secretions (RFS; 1).
One of the most common complications
of Rubella and one of the most important factors are the stillbirths, miscarriages,
and fetal anomalies that can occur when a pregnant woman becomes infected
with Rubella early on in the first trimester of her pregnancy (TDH; 1).
Almost 85% of infants born to mothers with Rubella suffer from developmental
problems such as deafness, mental retardation, hepatitis, encephalitis,
cardiac lesions and ocular lesions (TDH; 1). Also, once an infant
is diagnosed with Rubella, all other relations that come into contact with
the infant are exposed to the virus (TDH;1).
The following symptoms of Rubella have been extracted from the information given by the