Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

Rubella is typically mild in adults and children but can cause serious birth defects in pregnant women, including deafness, cataracts, heart defects, mental deficiency and liver or spleen damage ...

Cataracts may form during pregnancy if a mother develops infections such as measles or rubella, chicken pox, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, poliomyelitis, influenza, Epstein-Barr ...