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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The following risk factors predispose to get rubella infection: | The following risk factors predispose to get rubella infection: <ref name="pmid420376">{{cite journal| author=Chappell JA, Taylor MA| title=Implications of rubella susceptibility in young adults. | journal=Am J Public Health | year= 1979 | volume= 69 | issue= 3 | pages= 279-81 | pmid=420376 | doi= | pmc=1619093 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=420376 }} </ref> | ||
*Contact with infected patient | *Contact with infected patient | ||
*Failure to get vaccinated | *Failure to get vaccinated | ||
*Overcrowding | *Overcrowding | ||
*Poor immune response to the vaccine | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
The risk factors predisposing for rubella infection include: contact with infected patient and not receiving immunization according to the standard schedule.
Risk Factors
The following risk factors predispose to get rubella infection: [1]
- Contact with infected patient
- Failure to get vaccinated
- Overcrowding
- Poor immune response to the vaccine