Rubella (German Measles)

References

Citations

  1. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Rubella. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 574–579. 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.

  3. Demicheli V, et al. (2005). Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4). Oxford: Update Software.

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.

  • Levin MJ, Weinberg A (2007). Rubella section of Infections: Viral and rickettsial. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 18th ed., pp. 1132–1133. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • Mason WH (2007). Rubella. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 1337–1341. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.


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