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Rubella Vaccine

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Definition: A live attenuated virus vaccine of duck embryo or human diploid cell tissue culture origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of nonpregnant adolescent and adult females of childbearing age who are unimmunized and do not have serum antibodies to rubella. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (Dorland, 28th ed)     
Examples Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine 		Other names Vaccine, Rubella
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Rudivax  0   *Rubella Vaccine. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 1998 Jan-Feb;(1):46-50

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