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Congenital rubella syndrome and rubella in Vellore, South India.
- Source :
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Epidemiology and infection [Epidemiol Infect] 2011 Jun; Vol. 139 (6), pp. 962-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 20. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Rubella, a mild, vaccine-preventable disease, can manifest as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), a devastating disease of the fetus. To emphasize the inadequacy of the existing rubella vaccination programme in India, we evaluated epidemiological evidence of rubella virus activity with data available from a tertiary-care centre. The proportion of suspected CRS cases that were laboratory confirmed increased from 4% in 2000 to 11% in 2008. During the same period, 329 clinically suspected postnatal rubella cases were tested of which 65 (20%) were laboratory confirmed. Of women (n=770) of childbearing age, 12·5% were susceptible to rubella.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1469-4409
- Volume :
- 139
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and infection
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20642875
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810001755