Surveillance for congenital rubella in Australia since 1993: Cases reported between 2004 and 2013

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 6746-6751

  Khandaker, Gulam ^a,b,c   Zurynski, Yvonne ^b,d   Jones, Cheryl ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital rubella syndrome; Rubella; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MOTHER; RUBELLA; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909951931     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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