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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Risk Factors

An unimmunized woman who becomes infected with rubella just prior to conception or in the first 8-10 weeks of gestation is at a great risk of giving birth to a child with congenital rubella syndrome.