Pregnant women should be isolated from individuals infected with _________ to prevent perinatal infection.

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Rubella causes great danger to the unborn children of pregnant women who contract the disease. Women of childbearing age who have not been immunized against rubella or who have not had the disease can transmit rubella to their infants if they become infected during pregnancy. When the virus is transferred to the fetus during the first trimester of pregnancy, a variety of congenital deformities, known as congenital rubella syndrome, occur in about 25% of births. The risk is lower if infection occurs later in pregnancy. Anomalies caused by congenital rubella syndrome include congenital cardiac disease, blindness, deafness, and mental retardation. Pregnant women should be isolated from individuals infected with rubella to prevent perinatal infection; in addition, pregnant women must not be given the rubella vaccine. The best protection against congenital rubella syndrome is universal routine immunization with live rubella vaccine during infancy or as soon as possible in adulthood.

Pregnant Women Should Be Isolated from Individuals Infected with _________