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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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Chukwuemeka Anthony Umeh, Stella Chioma Onyi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2014-09-01
Subjects:	Rubella Nigeria Congenital rubella syndrome
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/580.pdf

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