Pediatric Rubella in Emergency Medicine Medication

1. Winter AK, Moss WJ. Rubella. Lancet. 2022 Apr 2. 399 (10332):1336-46. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

2. Molina IB, Mendoza LO, Palma MA. Congenital rubella syndrome surveillance in Honduras. J Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 1. 204 Suppl 2:S637-41. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

3. Watstein SB, Jovanovic J. Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases. Westport, CT: Greenwood; 2003. 5.

4. CDC. Elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome--United States, 1969-2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Mar 25. 54(11):279-82. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

5. Elliman D, Bedford H. MMR: where are we now?. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Dec. 92(12):1055-7. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

6. Schmid D, Kasper S, Kuo HW, Aberle S, Holzmann H, Daghofer E. Ongoing rubella outbreak in Austria, 2008-2009. Euro Surveill. 2009. 14(16):[QxMD MEDLINE Link].

7. Ahlgren C, Toren K, Oden A, Andersen O. A population-based case-control study on viral infections and vaccinations and subsequent multiple sclerosis risk. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 26. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

8. McElroy R, Laskin M, Jiang D, Shah R, Ray JG. Rates of rubella immunity among immigrant and non-immigrant pregnant women. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2009 May. 31(5):409-13. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

9. Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome control and elimination - global progress, 2000-2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Dec 6. 62(48):983-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

10. Henderson D. Ramped-Up Campaign Lowers Global Rubella Cases by 86%. Medscape Medical News. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817409. Accessed: December 18, 2014.

11. Plotkin SA. Rubella eradication: not yet accomplished, but entirely feasible. J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 30. 224 (12 Suppl 2):S360-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

12. Knuf M, Zepp F, Helm K, Maurer H, Prieler A, Kieninger-Baum D, et al. Antibody persistence for 3 years following two doses of tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in healthy children. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Mar. 171(3):463-70. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

13. Gomber S, Arora SK, Das S, Ramachandran VG. Immune response to second dose of MMR vaccine in Indian children. Indian J Med Res. 2011 Sep. 134(3):302-6. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. [Full Text].

14. Siberry GK, Patel K, Bellini WJ, Karalius B, Purswani MU, Burchett SK, et al. Immunity to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella in US Children With Perinatal HIV Infection or Perinatal HIV Exposure Without Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15. 61 (6):988-95. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].

Pamela L Dyne, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine/Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Pamela L Dyne, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Peter Bloomfield, MD, MPH Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Grace M Young, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical Center

Grace M Young, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Kirsten A Bechtel, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Kirsten A Bechtel, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Garry Wilkes, MBBS, FACEM Emergency Physician, Echuca Regional Health, Victoria; Clinical Associate Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, Kelli N McCartan, MD, to the development and writing of this article.

• Print this section
• Print the entire contents of
• Print the entire contents of article