Ep 64 Rubella: Timing is Everything
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The History of Rubella
In 1866, a British royal artillery surgeon published an article describing a current outbreak of the disease known as Rutelm in India. The term German measles would stick around for much longer in many places to kind of an annoying degree because it caused a whole lot of confusion. In World War I, although it lagged behind other diseases such as influenza and typhus, Rubella did some damage. U.S. Army hospitals admitted more than 17,000 soldiers for Rubella and Rubella was the cause of over 211,000 days lost from duty.
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