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Pregnancy is contraindication for rubella vaccination still

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1489 (Published 16 June 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:1489
  1. Pat Tookey, senior research fellow (p.tookey@ich.ucl.ac.uk)
  1. National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH

    EDITOR—Some of the statements in Josefson's news report of the Canadian study on inadvertent rubella vaccination in pregnancy might mislead a British audience.1 Since 1990 the Department of Health for the United Kingdom has advised that conception should be avoided for one month, rather than three …

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