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Rubella (German Measles)

Definition Although most cases of rubella infection lead to a mild viral illness, significant morbidity occurs when rubella virus infects the fetus, particularly during the first trimester of pregnancy, when it causes miscarriage and the congenital rubella syndrome in up…

Smallpox and Vaccinia

The World Health Assembly certified the eradication of smallpox on May 8, 1980, an event that many hoped would consign smallpox to history. However, the former deputy director of the Soviet Union’s BioPreparat activities has written that manufacturing facilities had…