Rubella, also known as German measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus in the Rubivirus genus, the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses. Congenital rubella syndrome can occur in a developing baby when the mother is infected early in pregnancy. The virus was first isolated in 1962.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
1F02 Rubella
H00395 Rubella
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H00395 Rubella
