AbstractFourteen cases of rubella arthritis were followed between 2 and 5 years after the attack. All were women. None showed any clinical manifestation suggesting rheumatoid disease over this follow‐up period nor was there a positive reactor using the englobulin sensitized sheep cell agglutination method. One patient, the daughter of a rheumatoid patient, was, and still is, positive by the englobulin inhibition reaction. The authors conclude that there is no relationship between the two diseases.