Rubella

Adverse Effects of Immunization

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 19th, 1997

Rubella (German measles) immunization has been available since the 1960s. Since then, reports have shown that between 10 and 40 percent of women who previously had no immunity to rubella experience joint disorders after immunization that can cause pain in joints such as the ankles and knees.

In the May 5, 1997, issue of the Lancet, Professor Aubrey Tingle and colleagues from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, reported their investigation of the association of acute and recurrent joint and neurological manifestations in previously healthy women who were immunized shortly after giving birth.

A total of 546 women were immunized within three months of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-05-19)

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