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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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No association between islet cell antibodies and coxsackie B, mumps, rubella and cytomegalovirus antibodies in non-diabetic individuals aged 7–19 years [PDF]

, 1991
Viral antibodies were tested in a cohort of 44 isletcell antibody-positive individuals age 7–19 years, and 44 of their islet cell antibody-negative age and sex-matched classmates selected from a population study of 4208 pupils who had been screened for ...
A Tarn, A Toniolo, B. O. Boehm, DK Wagener, E Bonifacio, E. F. Pfeiffer, E. Heinze, EJ Rayfield, G Antoniadis, G Frisk, G Kuglin, H Champsaur, H. Egle, H. Hauner, J Karjalainen, J Seißler, J-W Yoon, J. E. Banatvala, J. Sei�ler, JE Banatvala, K Helmke, KP Ratzmann, M. Gl�ck, ML King, P. Muir, R Gladisch, S Srikanta, T Tuvemo, T Tuvemo, W. A. Scherbaum, W. Hampl, WA Scherbaum, WJ Riley   +32 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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The reform of the Italian legislation on childhood immunization [PDF]

, 2018
Upon the proposal of the Italian government, Law n. 191/2017 has been enacted, meant to considerably raise the number of mandatory vaccinations, while leaving several others merely "recommended" (non-mandatory).
Cocchiara, Rosario Andrea, La Torre, Giuseppe, Marinelli, Enrico, Montanari Vergallo, Gianluca, Zaami, Simona   +4 more
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School-based educational and on-site vaccination intervention among adolescents: study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Childhood vaccination programmes have been established in all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries; however, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) as well as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (Tdap-IPV ...
Bethke, Norma, Gellert, Paul, Seybold, Joachim   +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, 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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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
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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
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