Congenital rubella syndrome in Costa Rica: Importance of active surveillance;Síndrome de rubéola congénita en Costa Rica: Importancia de reforzar la vigilancia activa

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Avila Aguero M L ^a,b,f   Morice Trejos, A ^c   Castillo Solorzano C ^d   Soriano Fallas, A ^a,b   Ulloa Gutierrez R ^a,b   Reef, S ^e  

^a Hospital Nacional del Niño   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Proyekto Fortalecimiento V E   (Costa Rica)

^d Division de Vacunas e Inmunizacion   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Epidemiology; Rubella; Surveillance; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; COSTA RICA; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HERPES; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; SEROLOGY;

EID: 14644445151     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13070180     Document Type: Article

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