1. Rubella is also called German measles or three-day measles.
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False

2. Rubella is a very contagious disease caused by the rubella virus.
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False

3. The virus causes fever, swollen lymph nodes behind the ears, and a rash that starts on the face and spreads to the torso and then to the arms and legs.
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False

4. Rubella is still very common because most children are not immunized.
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False

5. Infection with rubella in the first 3 months of pregnancy can cause serious injury to the fetus, resulting in heart damage, blindness, deafness, mental retardation, miscarriage, or stillbirth.
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False

6. Rubella is spread person-to-person by breathing in droplets of respiratory secretions exhaled by an infected person.
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False

7. A person can spread the disease from as many as 5 days before the rash appears to 5 to 7 days after.
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False

8. The rubella vaccine is part of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine series administered to children beginning at 12 months of age.
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False

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