Rubella, also known as German measles, is an infectious disease caused by the rubella virus. Most of the time, the disease is mild, but pregnant women infected with Rubella can lead to dangerous complications such as miscarriage, stillbirth or birth defects.

Rubella (also known as German measles) is an infectious disease caused by the rubella virus (RNA virus similar to Rubivirus of the Togaviridae family). The disease is transmitted from sick people, virus carriers to healthy people through the respiratory tract or from mother to fetus.

The risk of causing congenital rubella syndrome is very high for the fetus when the mother is infected with rubella, so in cases where pregnant women are infected with rubella in the first 3 months of pregnancy, the doctor will advise to terminate the pregnancy.

Rubella is a common virus in pregnant women. This is an infectious disease, very contagious but can be prevented by vaccination. Rubella testing is necessary for pregnant women to ensure the health of both mother and child.