Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• teenager has rash on face from rubella

Rubella
• serious disease that can strike both adults and children
• very dangerous to unborn babies

Once infected
• takes 12-23 days to get sick

Symptoms and complications
• babies who are infected before birth
    • deafness
    • blindness
    • heart damage
    • mental retardation

• children
    • head-to-toe rash with mild fever

• teenagers and adults
    • swollen glands in back of neck
    • temporary arthritis

• pregnant women
    • miscarriage
    • premature birth
    • babies born with multiple birth defects