Impact of rubella vaccination strategy on the occurrence of congenital rubella syndrome
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Impact of rubella vaccination strategy on the occurrence of congenital rubella syndrome.
OBJECTIVE Routine rubella vaccination was introduced in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil, through a catch-up campaign targeting children aged 1-11 years, in 1998. A campaign among women of childbearing age was conducted in 2001. We describe the epidemiology of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the state of Paraíba between 1999 and 2005. METHODS Rubella and CRS surveillance data for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.1692