Can someone give me some infortion about German measles? how long is the incubation period and contageous prd?

Invented in 1969 by Dr. Maurice Hilleman, director of the Merck Institute for Vaccinology. In 1969, nearly 60,000 cases of rubella were reported in the United States. By 2000, only 176 cases were r...

The symptoms of German measles can be so slight you miss them entirely. The light rash can come and be gone in a couple of hours or less. It doesn't cover your body and may be so light as t...

It's a booster to the vaccination you got at around 1 yr old. Rubella is a virus that attacks the respiratory tract & is usually mild; however, especially girls should receive the boost...

Depends on what the results are - it may show she is immune. However I had a Rubella jab when I was 11 yrs old and yet when I was tested at pregnancy they found I wasnt immune xxx

Not as common as it used to be. I had it when I was a child, but you don't hear of that many cases anymore. If you get it, you'll never be sicker in your life.

While you aren't suppose to get it, there still is a chance. All that the shot is for, you actually get injected with a small amount of the virus so your body can build anti-bodies and builds ...

The word 'german' actually has nothing to do with the country but rather most likely emanated from the word' germanus' [meaning similar] - which rubella is...similar to measles....

Not the same thing at all.in german the measles are ccalled"Masern" and the kids get shots for it. The chickenpox are "Windpocken" and the kids are usually not vaccinated agains...