Case based rubella surveillance in Abia State, South East Nigeria, 2007–2011
Introduction. Rubella infection has the potential of causing severe fetal birth defects collectively called congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) if the mother is infected early in pregnancy. However, little is known about rubella and CRS epidemiology in Nigeria and rubella vaccines are still not part o...
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/580.pdf |