Spotty.

The doctor confirmed that Niave "most likely" does have German measles. Without doing a blood test it is impossible to be 100% sure as most virus's have some sort of rash, but there is 99.9% probability that it is.

German measles as a disease is actually quite mild, especially in children, a couple of days of a temperature, maybe a runny nose and then the rash. By the time the rash comes out the worst is over. However it is the potential risk it carries for pregnant women (or rather their unborn babies) that make it so "dangerous".

Unfortunately, as with most viruses, it is the most infectious before the rash appears so by the time you quarantine yourself you have already spread it far and wide!

If you have small children who have been in contact with Niave this past week, you can check out these 2 sites for info: http://www.kidshealth.com/ and http://www.merck.com/mmpe for signs and symptoms and any other bits of information you may require - look under "Rubella".

(By the way, those 3 big red spots you can see in the picture are mosquito bites!)