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Descriptor English: Rubella
Descriptor Spanish: Rubéola (Sarampión Alemán)
Descriptor rubéola (sarampión alemán)
Entry term(s) sarampión alemán
Scope note: Enfermedad infecciosa aguda, generalmente benigna, causada por el VIRUS DE LA RUBÉOLA, que suele afectar a niños y adultos jóvenes no inmunizados. El virus penetra por las vías respiratorias por medio de pequeñas gotitas de saliva y se extiende al sistema linfático. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Rubéola (Sarampo Alemão)
Descriptor French: Rubéole
Entry term(s): German Measles
Measle, Three Day
Measles, German
Measles, Three Day
Rubellas
Three Day Measle
Three Day Measles
Tree number(s): C01.925.782.930.700.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012409
Scope note: An acute infectious disease caused by the RUBELLA VIRUS. The virus enters the respiratory tract via airborne droplet and spreads to the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
Annotation: caused by a rubivirus, RUBELLA VIRUS: do not confuse with RUBULAVIRUS, a paramyxovirus; do not confuse with RUBEOLA see MEASLES; French for rubella = rubéole, Ital for rubella = rubeola, Span for rubella = rubéola or roséola epidemica; /congen: consider also RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12784
Unique ID: D012409
NLM Classification: WC 582
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/01/12
Rubella - Preferred
Concept UI M0019292
Scope note An acute infectious disease caused by the RUBELLA VIRUS. The virus enters the respiratory tract via airborne droplet and spreads to the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
Preferred term Rubella
Entry term(s) German Measles
Measle, Three Day
Measles, German
Measles, Three Day
Rubellas
Three Day Measle
Three Day Measles



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