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Perspective on Global Measles Epidemiology and Control and the Role of Novel Vaccination Strategies

Viruses, 2017
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine preventable disease. Measles results in a systemic illness which causes profound immunosuppression often leading to severe complications.
Melissa M. Coughlin, Andrew S. Beck, Bettina Bankamp, Paul A. Rota   +3 more
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Burden, epidemiological pattern, and surveillance gap of rubella in Nigeria: A call for routine vaccination policy

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2021
Rubella is an epidemic-prone disease with endemic transmission in Nigeria. It is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by the rubella virus whose devastating teratogenic effect makes it a disease of major public health importance when it occurs in ...
Kabir Adekunle Durowade, Omotosho Ibrahim Musa, Maryam Abimbola Jimoh, Adekunle Ganiyu Salaudeen, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Omowunmi Qubrat Bakare, Lukman Omotayo Omokanye   +6 more
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Rubella transmissibility and reproduction number (Ro): A critical appraisal of the prospects for its control in Nigeria

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020
Rubella is a highly contagious disease of public health importance that is endemic in Nigeria. Rubella with its devastating sequel, congenital rubella syndrome, is a neglected disease with no surveillance system in place and no national incidence figure ...
Kabir Adekunle Durowade, Omotosho Ibrahim Musa, Gordon Kayode Osagbemi   +2 more
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Rubella epidemiology in the Central African Republic, 2015-2016 and molecular characterization of virus strains from 2008-2016

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: The Central African Republic (CAF) has not yet introduced immunization against rubella in its national immunization program. In addition, neither rubella nor congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) are integrated into the epidemiological surveillance ...
M. Pagonendji, G. Ionéla, E. Charpentier, A. Sausy, A. Lefaou, R. Duval, J. Hübschen   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of Rubella IgG in Women of Reproductive Age Group in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Rubella is a highly contagious infection caused by the rubella virus. Mothers who develop rubella early in pregnancy have a 90% chance of transmitting the infection to their unborn babies.
Lalithambica Karunakaran, Anitha Madhavan, Shyama Devadasan, Anjana Asokan, Ancy Joseph   +4 more
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Conjunctivitis, the key clinical characteristic of adult rubella in Japan during two large outbreaks, 2012-2013 and 2018-2019.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundRubella virus infection mainly causes illness with mild fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy in children; however, the clinical characteristics of adult rubella are not well-known.MethodsAn observational study was conducted to compare the ...
Hidetoshi Nomoto, Masahiro Ishikane, Takato Nakamoto, Masayuki Ohta, Shinichiro Morioka, Kei Yamamoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Shunsuke Tezuka, Junwa Kunimatsu, Norio Ohmagari   +9 more
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A retrospective 5-year review of rubella in South Africa prior to the introduction of a rubella-containing vaccine.

PLoS ONE, 2022
South Africa has yet to introduce a rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) into its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). Here we evaluated the incidence of laboratory-confirmed rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) cases over the years 2015 to ...
Heather Hong, Susan Malfeld, Sheilagh Smit, Lillian Makhathini, Mirriam Fortuin, Tshepo Motsamai, Dipolelo Tselana, Morubula Jack Manamela, Nkengafac Villyen Motaze, Genevie Ntshoe, Mercy Kamupira, Ester Khosa-Lesola, Sibongile Mokoena, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, Elizabeth Maseti, Melinda Suchard   +15 more
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Rubella seroprevalence among mothers and incidence of congenital rubella three years after rubella vaccine introduction in Vietnam

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Following a rubella outbreak in 2011, Vietnam implemented a mass measles-rubella vaccination campaign for children aged 1–14 years in 2014–2015, further expanding the target age to 16–17 years in 2016; routine vaccination was introduced in 2014. However,
Michiko Toizumi, Saki Tanaka, Masako Moriuchi, Hien-Anh Thi Nguyen, Mizuki Takegata, Chihiro Iwasaki, Noriko Kitamura, Hung Thai Do, Duc-Anh Dang, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Hiroyuki Moriuchi   +10 more
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Seroprevalence of rubella virus antibodies among pregnant women in the Center and South-West regions of Cameroon.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Rubella infection in early pregnancy can lead to miscarriages, fetal death, or birth of an infant with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). In Cameroon, like in many developing countries, rubella surveillance is not well-established.
Nadesh Ashukem Taku, Valantine Ngum Ndze, Emily Abernathy, LiJuan Hao, Diane Waku-Kouomou, Joseph P Icenogle, Samuel Wanji, Jane-Francis K T Akoachere   +7 more
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Rubella epidemiology in the Central African Republic, 2015-2016 and molecular characterization of virus strains from 2008-2016

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: Rubella cases in the Central African Republic (CAF) are currently identified during measles surveillance. This study aimed to investigate rubella epidemiology between 2015 and 2016 and to provide baseline genotype data for monitoring future ...
Marilou S. PAGONENDJI, Ionela GOUANDJIKA-VASILACHE, Emilie CHARPENTIER, Aurélie SAUSY, Alain LE FAOU, Raphaël E. DUVAL, Judith M. HÜBSCHEN   +6 more
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