Congenital Rubella: Infections in Hospital Staff

Ongoing outbreak of rubella among young male adults in Poland: increased risk of congenital rubella infections.

I Paradowska-Stankiewicz1, M P Czarkowski1, T Derrough2, P Stefanoff ([email protected])3,4 1. National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2. European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 3. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 4. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European C...

Antibody response to individual rubella virus proteins in congenital and other rubella virus infections.

Serum samples from patients with various forms of rubella virus infection were tested for antibodies to each of three viral structural proteins by radioimmunoprecipitation and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In most sera antibody to E1 protein was the predominant species. Sera from patients with congenital rubella syndrome, however, contained significantly more E2 ant...

Congenital Infections, Part I: Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasma, Rubella, and Herpes Simplex

Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome: global update.

Worldwide, it is estimated that there are more than 100.000 infants born with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) each year. In 1998, standard case definitions for surveillance of CRS and rubella were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2001, 123 countries/territories reported a total of 836.356 rubella cases. In the future more countries are expected to report on rubella as a gl...

Dermal Erythropoiesis in Congenital Rubella

S 269 DERMAL ERYTHROPOIESIS IN CONGENITAL RUBELLA. H. Z. Klein and M. Markarian. From the Mount Zion Hospital and Mcdical Center, San Francisco, California. Clin. Pediat. 8:604-607, 1969. Dermal erytliropoiesis is a fairly common finding in congenital rubella. The infant descril)ed here presented with a papular eruption, anemia and thrombocytopenia. She sui)sequently developed petechiae and gin...