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Edgar K. Marcuse, MD
Olympia, Wash

JAMA. 1970;214(11):2061.

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To the Editor.—

Confusion between rubella (German measles) and rubeloa (measles) has complicated rubella vaccination programs across the country. A recent study by Darney and Overton (J Med Assoc Alabama, 39:537, 1969) showed that 31% of all parents who refused to return a rubella vaccination permission slip in Barbar County, Alabama, did not return the slip because they believed that an earlier "measles" vaccine was protective against rubella.

Newspaper headlines frequently read "Measles" when the article refers to rubella. Often, the word "measles" will appear with the word "rubella" in parenthesis next to it, or the word "rubeola" with the words "German measles" set in apposition.

A review of dictionaries demonstrates that this confusion is not confined to the newspaper industry. In many medical dictionaries, "rubella" or "German measles" is given as a second definition for "rubeola." . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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