Rubella Research Paper

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Rubella Rubella is one of the most diseases that cause death among the children. According to world health organization in 2013, there were around 145700 people died because of rubella, which mean around 400 cases among a day (1). Rubella disease has a unique history, and a specific type of people that it infect them. Also, rubella has a different methods to treat people with it. In 1980, there were around 2.6 million people died with rubella each year (2).scientist tried over a long of years to study and understand what rubella is. Rubella disease was discovered firstly in 1814 by George Maton. George Maton notice a special symptoms that appear in the person who has infected by rubella like rash. Adenopathy and a weak fever .In 1866, Henry Veale realized that these symptoms are related to a viral disease called Rubella(3). In 1940, congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) was detected by scientists .In addition, in 1960, rubella virus was separated, and the vaccination became on hand (4).…show more content…
Rubella has a higher percentage to infect pregnant women especially in their first three months which make the fetus endanger (5). The way the fetus infected with rubella is by their mothers in the chorion, and then it is spread to another fetal tissues (6). pregnant women with rubella lead congenital malformations to their children like cataracts, heart disorders and microcephaly. Moreover, According to Gregg1 there are around 78 cases of cataracts were happened to the children of the mothers who are infected with rubella in 1939 to
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