What Does "rubella Igg-500 Igm-0.37" Indicate During Pregnancy?

Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2014

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Question : My wife got rubella vaccine on 13-dec-2013, She got conceived on 10-feb-2014, and now she is 8weeks pregnant, the rubella test results says rubella igg-500 Igm-0.37....is the baby safe...???? Kindly advice

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Koregol (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer: yes Detailed Answer: Hi The IgG shows old infection. IgM shows negative which means there is no current infection. Hence baby is safe. No need to worry. Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar