1. Rubella is also called German measles or three-day measles. True False
2. Rubella is a very contagious disease caused by the rubella virus. True 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. True False
4. Rubella is still very common because most children are not immunized. True 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. True False
6. Rubella is spread person-to-person by breathing in droplets of respiratory secretions exhaled by an infected person. True False
7. A person can spread the disease from as many as 5 days before the rash appears to 5 to 7 days after. True False
8. The rubella vaccine is part of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine series administered to children beginning at 12 months of age. True False
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