Rubella (German Measles)

References

Citations

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (2003). Rubella. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 26th ed., pp. 536–541. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001). Control and prevention of rubella: Evaluation and management of suspected outbreaks, rubella in pregnant women, and surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome. MMWR, 50(RR-12): 1–23.

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4. Reef SE, et al. (2002). The changing epidemiology of rubella in the 1990s: On the verge of elimination and new challenges for control and prevention. JAMA, 287(4): 464–472.

5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). National Immunization Program: MMR vaccine and autism. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/autism/autism-mmr-facts.htm.

Other Works Consulted

• American Public Health Association (2004). Rubella. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th ed., pp. 464–468. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

• Cherry JD (2004). Rubella virus. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2134–2162. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

• Madsen KM, et. al. (2002). A population-based study of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and autism. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(19): 1477–1482.

• Maldonado Y (2004), Rubella. In RE Behrman et al., eds., Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., pp. 1032–1034. Philadelphia: Saunders.

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