Congenital rubella still a public health problem in Italy: Analysis of national surveillance data from 2005 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2015, Pages

  Giambi, C ^a   Filia, A ^a   Rota, M C ^a   Del Manso, M ^a   Declich, S ^a   Nacca, G ^a   Rizzuto, E ^b   Bella, A ^a   Di Giacomo, M ^c   Locuratolo, F ^c   Natter, B ^c   Mignuoli, A ^c   Pizzuti, R ^c   Pascucci, M G ^c   Moschella, L ^c   Gallo, T ^c   Braida, C ^c   Vitagliano, A ^c   Guerra, M ^c   Cremonesi, I ^c   Coppola, L ^c   Piatti, A ^c   Fiacchini, D ^c   Damiani, N ^c   Bagnoli, C ^c   Ponzio, G V ^c   Ferrara, L ^c   Prato, R ^c   Cappelli, M G ^c   Salotto, M ^c   Palermo, M ^c   Balocchini, E ^c   Gallicchio, S ^c   Carraro, V ^c   Sudano, L ^c   Russo, F ^c   Zanella, R ^c   Tosti, A ^c   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PURPURA; RUBELLA; SPLENOMEGALY; VACCINATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84928595659     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.16.21103     Document Type: Article

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