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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection. | *There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection. | ||
*Health care providers should : | |||
**Consider rubella in unvaccinated patients with febrile rash illness and other rubella symptoms, especially if the person recently traveled internationally or was exposed to a person with febrile rash illness. | |||
*Promptly isolate people suspected to have rubella and report them to the local health department. | |||
*Collect throat (best source), nasal, or urine specimens for viral detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and molecular typing, and blood for serologic testing. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection.
Treatment
- There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection.
- Health care providers should :
- Consider rubella in unvaccinated patients with febrile rash illness and other rubella symptoms, especially if the person recently traveled internationally or was exposed to a person with febrile rash illness.
- Promptly isolate people suspected to have rubella and report them to the local health department.
- Collect throat (best source), nasal, or urine specimens for viral detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and molecular typing, and blood for serologic testing.