Rubella medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[2]

There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection. Symptomatic therapy and reporting of the infection to the local disease control agencies is recommended.

• There is no specific antiviral therapy for rubella infection.
• Health care providers should perform the following when diagnosis of rubella is suspected:
  • Consider rubella in unvaccinated patients with febrile rash illness and other rubella symptoms, especially if the person recently traveled internationally or was exposed to a person with febrile rash illness.
  • Promptly isolate people suspected to have rubella and report them to the local health department.
  • Collect throat (best source), nasal, or urine specimens for viral detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and molecular typing, and blood for serologic testing.

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