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Article: Rubella vaccination does not cause congenital rubella syndrome.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 8, 2004
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2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rubella vaccination during pregnancy does not appear to cause congenital rubella syndrome.
According to a study from Canada, "The rubella virus is a potent human teratogen. Because the rubella vaccine is prepared with live virus, a high level of anxiety surrounds exposure in pregnancy. There is relatively scarce data on fetal risk following vaccination in pregnancy, and all of the available data were collected retrospectively. Our objective was to examine whether periconceptional exposure to rubella vaccine can cause the congenital rubella, syndrome, and to compare the rate of major malformations and developmental ...