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Case based rubella surveillance in Abia State, South East Nigeria, 2007–2011 [PDF]

PeerJ, 2014
Introduction. Rubella infection has the potential of causing severe fetal birth defects collectively called congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) if the mother is infected early in pregnancy.
Chukwuemeka Anthony Umeh, Stella Chioma Onyi   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Rubella immunity among pregnant women aged 15–44 years, Namibia, 2010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: The level of rubella susceptibility among women of reproductive age in Namibia is unknown. Documenting the risk of rubella will help estimate the potential burden of disease in Namibian women and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS ...
Anna Jonas, Cristina V. Cardemil, Anita Beukes, Raydel Anderson, Paul A. Rota, Bettina Bankamp, Howard E. Gary Jr, Souleymane Sawadogo, Sadhna V. Patel, Sikota Zeko, Clementine Muroua, Esegiel Gaeb, Kathleen Wannemuehler, Sue Gerber, James L. Goodson   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Development and evaluation of a next-generation sequencing methodology for measles virus using Oxford Nanopore Technology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
We report the development of a bench protocol and evaluation of bioinformatics pipelines for the whole genome sequence (WGS) of measles virus (MeV) genotype D8. We established a bench protocol using 1 kb amplicons tiling the MeV WGS.
Vanessa Zubach, Gurasis Osahan, Kurt Kolsun, Claudia Pfeifer, Alberto Severini, Joanne Hiebert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies bind to the H protein of a historical measles virus

International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Measles is a highly contagious airborne viral disease. It can lead to serious complications and death and is preventable by vaccination. The live-attenuated measles vaccine (LAMV) derived from a measles virus (MV) isolated in 1954 has been in use ...
Anne Zemella, Kerstin Beer, Franziska Ramm, Dana Wenzel, Ariane Düx, Kevin Merkel, Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer, Daniel Stern, Martin B. Dorner, Brigitte G. Dorner, Navena Widulin, Thomas Schnalke, Cornelia Walter, Anne Wolbert, Bernhard G. Schmid, Annette Mankertz, Sabine Santibanez   +16 more
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SINDROM RUBELLA KONGENITAL

Averrous: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Malikussaleh, 2018
Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) adalah suatu kumpulan gejala penyakit terdiri dari katarak, penyakit jantung bawaan, gangguan pendengaran, dan keterlambatan perkembangan.
Julia Fitriany, Yulia Husna
doaj   +1 more source

Updating Standard Procedures for Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Rubella Case

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2013
Congenital Rubella is the dramatic consequence of rubella during gestation. A combined strategy of Measles and Rubella universal vaccination on children and selective vaccination of susceptible women has been shown effective in the elimination of ...
W. Buffolano, A. Filia, M. Agnese, M. Stronati, P. Dicostanzo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nance‐Horan Syndrome: Further Delineation of the Affected Male and the Female Carrier Phenotypes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nance‐Horan syndrome (NHS; OMIM 302350) is a rare, X‐linked syndrome characterized by bilateral congenital cataracts leading to profound vision loss, specific dental anomalies including characteristic screwdriver blade‐shaped incisors, facial anomalies, and intellectual disability.
Maria K. Haanpää, Chad R. Haldeman‐Englert, Marja Hietala, Melisa S. Tanverdi, Patrick P. Koty, Diana Brightman, Eniolami Dosunmu, Shailja Tibrewal, Savleen Kaur, Anupriya Kaur, Raj Kumar Verma, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes, Virginia Utz, Anne M. Slavotinek, Cynthia Curry   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reliability of CMV-IgG kinetics in the diagnosis of CMV primary infection: sensitivity, specificity, and clinical implications

Microbiology Spectrum
Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) primary infection (PI) during pregnancy relies on serology (CMV-IgG, IgM, and IgG avidity). However, as for toxoplasmosis, subsequent serology testing 3–5 weeks later is often performed to confirm the diagnosis. In this
Vincent Portet Sulla, Rana Rafek, Isabelle Bertin-Jung, Jean-Pascal Siest, Elise Bouthry, Olivier Rogier, Abir Jadoui, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous, Claire Perillaud-Dubois   +8 more
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Factors Predicting Rubella Vaccination and Antibody in Pregnant Women in Japan: A Report from Pregnant Women Health Initiative

Vaccines, 2022
This study aimed to identify the factors predicting rubella vaccination status based on self-reported data and the presence of sufficient rubella antibody titers in pregnant women in Japan.
Akiko Iwata, Kentaro Kurasawa, Kazumi Kubota, Mizuha Odagami, Shigeru Aoki, Mika Okuda, Etsuko Miyagi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source