title: An outbreak of rubella in Chandigarh, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate an outbreak of fever with rash in an urbanized village in Chandigarh, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Active case search was performed by house-to-house survey. The etiological agent of the outbreak was confirmed by serology. Spot map was done using Geographical Information System (GIS) technology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 7742 persons screened, 12 were serologically confirmed rubella cases and 83 were epidemiologically linked cases. Overall attack rate was 1.1, more among the age group 1-4 years (4.9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An outbreak mimicking measles was investigated only to be confirmed as rubella.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Community Medicine, *Pondichery Institute of Medical Science, Pondicherry and #GMCH, Chandigarh; and $School of Public Health and ^Department of Virology, PGIMER, Chandigarh; India. Correspondence to: Dr Madhanraj, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, PIMS, Pondicherry. drmadhanrajk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Madhanraj
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ratho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012409:Rubella / Q000453:epidemiology*