Rubella in Australia: can we explain two recent cases of congenital rubella syndrome?

Authors

  • Heather Gidding National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 3145
  • Margaret Young Communicable Diseases Unit, Public Health Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland
  • Robyn Pugh Communicable Diseases Unit, Public Health Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland
  • Margaret Burgess Communicable Diseases Unit, Public Health Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland; Professor of Paediatrics and Preventive Medicine University of Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2003.27.89

Keywords:

congenital rubella syndrome

Abstract

This report discusses possible reasons for the two recent cases of congenital rubella syndrome in Queensland, including immunity levels after vacination with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine.

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Published

31/12/03

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Gidding, Heather, Margaret Young, Robyn Pugh, and Margaret Burgess. 2003. “Rubella in Australia: Can We Explain Two Recent Cases of Congenital Rubella Syndrome?”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 27 (December):537-40. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2003.27.89.

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Vol. 27 (2003)

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Short report

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