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Sero-epidemiology of rubella in the urban population of Addis Ababa Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2000
We conducted a community-based cluster sample survey of rubella sero-epidemiology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1994. Among 4666 individuals for whom complete data were available, rubella antibody prevalence was 91% (95% confidence interval: 90, 92).
Nigatu, Wondatir, Cutts, Felicity, Messele, T., Dejene, A., Nokes, D. James, Enquselassie, F., Abebe, A.   +6 more
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Epidemiology of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) in India, 2016-18, based on data from sentinel surveillance

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background Government of India is committed to eliminate measles and control rubella/congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2020. In 2016, CRS surveillance was established in five sentinel sites.
M. Murhekar, S. Verma, Kuldeep Singh, A. Bavdekar, N. Benakappa, S. Santhanam, G. Sapkal, R. Viswanathan, Mini P. Singh, V. Nag, S. Naik, M. Ashok, A. Abraham, D. Shanmugasundaram, R. Sabarinathan, V. Verghese, Suji George, R. K. Sachdeva, Jyoti Kolekar, S. Manasa, J. Ram, Madhu Gupta, M. Rohit, Praveen Kumar, P. Gupta, R. Ratho, S. Munjal, Urvashi Nehra, Daisy Khera, N. Gupta, Nidhi Kaushal, Pratibha Singh, R. Gadepalli, N. Vaid, S. Kadam, Sanjay Shah, S. Mahantesh, Vykuntaraju K Gowda, P. Haldar, M. K. Aggarwal, N. Gupta   +40 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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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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Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2019
The hypothesized link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism continues to cause concern and challenge vaccine acceptance almost 2 decades after the controversial and later retracted Lancet paper from 1998 (1), even though ...
A. Hviid, J. Hansen, M. Frisch, M. Melbye   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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The epidemiology of rubella, 2007-18: an ecological analysis of surveillance data.

Lancet Global Health, 2020
BACKGROUND As of 2018, the rubella vaccine had been incorporated into the national immunisation schedule of 168 countries, representing 87% of the world's population.
Minal K. Patel, S. Antoni, M. C. Danovaro-Holliday, S. Desai, M. Gacic-Dobo, Yoann Nedelec, K. Kretsinger   +6 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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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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