[Congenital rubella resulting from maternal reinfection].
Almost all the rubeolic reinfections are not apparent and are without any risk for the fetus. The news born's case (2nd in children) which is described here, presents a bilateral cataract. We have found positive IgA, IgG and IgM and an antibodies avidity of 70%. Concerning the mother, there are no IgM. The IgM and IgA are positive. The avidity of the antibodies is upper than 90%. During her first pregancy, the mother was subjected to the search of the antibodies, the results are positive (title = 60 ul/ml) and during her second pregnancy, the mother had rubeollic contact with her eldest son. Our conclusion is that it is a congenital rubella resulting from a reinfection.
Laboratoire de sérologie virale rickettsiales et chlamydiales-Institut Pasteur d'Algérie.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D012008:Recurrence; D012409:Rubella / Q000097:blood / Q000151:congenital*