Incidence, clinical features and estimated costs of congenital rubella syndrome after a large rubella outbreak in Recife, Brazil, 1999-2000

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1116-1122

  Lanzieri, Tatiana M ^a   Parise, Maria S ^a   Siqueira, Marilda M ^b   Fortaleza, Beatriz M ^a   Segatto, T Cristina ^a   Prevots, D Rebecca ^c  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Congenital rubella syndrome; Costs; Outbreaks; Recife; Rubella

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644369639     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000145479.04559.97     Document Type: Review

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