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Rubella virus (RuV) is the pathogenic agent of the disease rubella, transmitted only between humans via the respiratory route, and is the main cause of congenital ...
Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, [6] is an infection caused by the rubella virus. [3] This disease is often mild, with half of people not realizing that they are infected. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] A rash may start around two weeks after exposure and last for three days. [ 1 ]
The word endemic is from Neo-Latin endēmicus, from Greek ἔνδημος, éndēmos, "native". Endēmos is formed of en meaning "in", and dēmos meaning "the people". [5] The word entered the English language as a loan word from French endémique, and originally seems to have been used in the sense of diseases that occur at a constant amount in a country, as opposed to epidemic diseases ...
Forchheimer spots are a type of enanthem seen as tiny red spots on the soft palate in rubella, measles and scarlet fever. [1] They sometimes precede the skin rash of rubella. [1] The spots may be present in around 20% of people with rubella. [1] The sign is named after Frederick Forchheimer. [2]
The 1962–1965 rubella epidemic was an outbreak of rubella across Europe and the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Rubella virus, also known as the German measles, is a single-stranded RNA virus from the family Togaviridae and genus Rubivirus . [ 3 ]
Rubella virus 3′ cis-acting element; Ruhugu virus; S. Sense, The National Deafblind and Rubella Association This page was last edited on 6 December 2023, at 11:03 ...
The blueberry muffin rash was originally considered pathognomonic of congenital rubella, but it is now considered to be potentially associated with many other intrauterine infections, hematologic diseases, and malignancies. [3] Other TORCH infections that can cause this rash include cytomegalovirus, [5] herpes virus, and
The Rustrela virus has the same genomic structure as the Rubella virus.Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells. [3] There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella virus and Ruhugu virus.