punetiseviiruse tekitatud, palavikuga kulgev lööbe­haigus, millesse enamik mittevaktsineerituid haigestub lapsepõl­ves (võimalik on haigusnähtudeta kulg) ning mis raseduse alguses kujutab riski loote väärarenditeks, an acute, usually benign infectious disease characterized by a 3-day rash, generalized lymphadenopathy, and minimal or no prodromal symptoms, an acute contagious virus disease that is caused by a togavirus (species Rubella virus of the genus Rubivirus) and is milder than typical measles but is damaging to the fetus when occurring early in pregnancy