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Symptoms are usually treated with paracetamol until the disease has run its course. There is no treatment available for congenital rubella.
Fewer cases of rubella occur since a vaccine became available in 1969, although decreased uptake of the MMR vaccine (e.g. in the UK) is expected to lead to a rise in incidence. In most Western countries, the vast majority of people are vaccinated against rubella as children at 12 to 15 months of age. A second dose is required before age 11. The vaccine may give lifelong protection against rubella. A side-effect of the vaccine can be transient arthritis.
The immunization program has been quite successful with Cuba declaring the disease eradicated in the 1990s and the United States eradicating it in 2005. Every minister of health in the Americas plans to eliminate the disease by 2010.
The state of Montana requires all brides to be tested for Rubella before a marriage license is issued.
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