Rubella infection and other factors associated with congenital cataracts in Cape Town.
An analysis of 56 patients with congenital cataracts was made to determine which factors played a role in the causation of these lenticular defects in Cape Town. There is good evidence that 16% of the defects were caused by intra-uterine rubella virus infection and that a further 30% were hereditary in origin.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012409:Rubella / Q000150:complications*; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013019:South Africa