International health officials have announced that German measles or Rubella has been eliminated from North and South America.

国际医疗官员宣布风疹在南北美洲成功被根除。

When I was small, I had measles, chickenpox and whooping cough, but I don't think I ever had German measles.

小时候得过麻疹，水痘和百日咳，但是不记得得过风疹。

Measles is also called rubeola, which can easily get confused with German measles which is also called rubella—similar sounding names but very different viruses.

麻疹也叫红疹，这种病毒很容易与德国麻疹混淆，德国麻疹也叫风疹，发音相似，但它们是不同的病毒。

" Rubella, " when I was growing up, was called " German measles."

“风疹” ，在我成长的过程中， 被称为“德国麻疹” 。