Rubella Infection - 3
Congenital
rubella characteristics:
erubella virus can cross placental barrier
emay be fatal to fetus
emay be cause ocular and brain damage in the fetus
emay cause deafness in the newborn
emay cause cardiac and liver damage
Rubella
testing:
emost widely
used tests:
Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (IFA)
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Passive-Hemagglutination Assay (PHA)
Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI)
