Rubella and Pregnancy

Abstract

Mainly, Rubella infection during pregnancy is considered as a serious infection worldwide. Since Rubella virus not only infects Mainly, rubella infection during pregnancy is considered as a serious infection worldwide. Since rubella virus not only infects susceptible to women early in pregnancy, they can also be transmitted to the fetus and might induce birth defect. Rubella is an acute, contagious viral infection. While rubella virus infection usually causes a mild fever and rash illness in children and adults, infection during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester, can result in miscarriage, fetal death, stillbirth, or infants with congenital malformations, known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) (NSW Health (2015). Rubella. The number of countries using rubella vaccines in their national programme continues to steadily increase. As of December 2016, 152 out of 194 countries had introduced rubella vaccines; however, national coverage varies from 13% to 99%. In 2016, reported rubella cases declined 97%, from 670,894 cases in 102 countries in 2000 to 22,361 cases in 165 countries. Rubella vaccine is a preventable source to cause of birth defects in pregnant women.