Vaccine-Associated Rubella Caused by the RA 27/3 Strain

Manuel Paz1, Magaly Padilla2, Eduardo Perez1

  • 1Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Monterrey 64460, Mexico.

Vaccines
|January 21, 2023
PubMed
Summary

Vaccine-associated rubella is extremely rare. A young woman developed rubella symptoms after receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, confirmed by viral sequencing, with a favorable outcome.

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