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An acute infectious disease caused by the RUBELLA VIRUS. The virus enters the respiratory tract via airborne droplet and spreads to the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
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- Measles, German
- Three Day Measles
- German Measles
- Measle, Three Day
- Measles, Three Day
- Rubellas
- Three Day Measle
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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caused by a rubivirus, RUBELLA VIRUS: do not confuse with RUBULAVIRUS, a paramyxovirus; do not confuse with RUBEOLA see MEASLES; French for rubella = rubéole, Ital for rubella = rubeola, Span for rubella = rubéola or roséola epidemica; /congen: consider also RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Rubella. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012409. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012409
- Rubella. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubella
- Rubella. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155857