Congenital rubella syndrome and rubella in Vellore, South India.
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.
Chandy
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Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Dr Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, India.
Abraham
A M
AM
Jana
A K
AK
Agarwal
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Kekre
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Korula
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Selvaraj
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Muliyil
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012409:Rubella / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
D012411:Rubella Vaccine