“…The resultant availability of viral antigen led to diagnostic serological tests, and, finally, attenuation of the virus resulted in the production of vaccine, licensed for use in the United Kingdom for almost 'a decade. Unhappily, the National Rubella Vaccination Programme has been less effective than one would hope (Broadbent et al 1980) but, at least in theory, eradication of congenital rubella is within our grasp.…”