title: Re-emergence of another vaccine-preventable disease?-Two cases of rubella in older adults.
abstract: Unlike its devastating teratogenic effects, post-natal infection with rubella typically causes subclinical or inapparent illness. While rubella has been largely eliminated from the United States following the introduction of an efficacious live-attenuated vaccine in 1969, a small proportion of the population remains susceptible. Recent declining vaccination rates have resulted in a rising incidence of sporadic and outbreak-associated measles, reminding us that an increasing proportion of the population is also susceptible to, and may be reservoirs of transmission for, rubella. We describe two rare adult cases with no clear exposure. These cases serve as a reminder that clinicians should remain vigilant and consider rubella infection in susceptible patients, including older adults, presenting with febrile rash illness.
authors: California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, United States. Janice.louie@cdph.ca.gov
authors: Janice K
authors: JK
authors: Louie
authors: Rina
authors: R
authors: Shaikh-Laskos
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Preas
authors: Vi T
authors: VT
authors: Nguyen
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Peters
authors: Sharon
authors: S
authors: Messenger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012409:Rubella / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D012411:Rubella Vaccine