Strategies for elimination of rubella in pregnancy and of congenital rubella syndrome in high and upper-middle income countries.

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Author	TERRACCIANO, E. AMADORI, F. PETTINICCHIO, V. ZARATTI, L. FRANCO, E.
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	SummaryRubella infection generally leads to mild symptoms; otherwise, in pregnant women it can cause severe damages. The only way to prevent rubella is vaccine. Before the introduction of the vaccine, up to 4 babies in 1000 live births were born with CRS.This work aims to review the most important strategies for the elimination of CRS in upper and high-income countries.Papers were selected through a PubMed search up to January 2019, using keywords rubella, congenital rubella syndrome and epidemiology. Articles published in the last 12 years and referred to upper income and high-income countries in title or abstract were included.Sixty-five papers were selected dealing with one or more of the following strategies: increasing of rubella vaccination coverage in childbearing age women, males, immigrants; exploitation of all appropriate occasions; improving of rubella surveillance.Despite numerous suggestions and indications for valid strategies to eliminate rubella in pregnancy and congenital rubella syndrome, a practical application is often missing.
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Page Count	11
ISSN	11212233
Journal	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene [J Prev Med Hyg]
Volume Number	61
DOI	10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.1.1310
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7225652
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	32490275
e-ISSN	24214248
Language	English
Publisher	Pacini Editore Srl
Publisher Date	2020-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Rubella Vaccination Congenital rubella syndrome Surveillance Coverage
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health