Rubella in Naval Recruits

Abstract

THE procedures for isolation and identification of the rubella virus, reported by Parkman, Buescher and Artenstein¹ and Weiler and Neva,² make possible precise definition of the disease and invite investigations to correlate its natural course and epidemiology with laboratory observations. Through the co-operation of Naval Medical Research Unit No. 4 it was possible to study 34 naval recruits with rubella at the United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, where the disease is endemic.Materials and MethodsRecruits exhibiting a rubelliform rash, a total peripheral leukocyte count of less than 10,000 and a throat culture negative for beta-hemolytic streptococci . . .