Rubella (German Measles) Antibody IgG, Serum

Rubella Antibody Test is used to check past infection or recent infection. It is used to determine the individual immune status against rubella virus.

Rubella test is getting done before or at the first trimester of the pregnancy, infection during pregnancy especially at the first trimester may lead to abortion, intrauterine infection leading to fatal death or congenital abnormalities. Congenital rubella depends on the time the infection occurs and it may lead to complications like deafness, ocular problems including cataracts and glaucoma, congenital heart disease. In those cases there is need to get a test done for Rubella.