American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACOG Committee Opinion: number 281, December 2002. Rubella vaccination
Abstract
The incidence of rubella decreased from 0.45 per 100,000 in 1990 to 0.1 per 100,000 in 1999. Although there is a nationwide shortage of rubella vaccine, women who are rubella susceptible during pregnancy should receive MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccination postpartum. In October 2001, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the recommendations concerning the pregnancy interval after receiving rubella vaccine. This interval has been reduced from 3 months to 1 month.
Source and rights
Published by Obstetrics and gynecology, 2002. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Organisation
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Published
- 2002
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- PubMed
- 12468198
- Added to Prognia
- 25 July 2026
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