Rubella revisited: where are we on the road to disease elimination in Central Europe?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60162694:G44__/11:00002603

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X11015465" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X11015465</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.104" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.104</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rubella revisited: where are we on the road to disease elimination in Central Europe?

Original language description

Rubella is a contagious viral disease with few complications except when contracted by pregnant women. Rubella infection in pregnancy can result in miscarriage, stillbirth or an infant born with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) which comprises deafness,heart disease, cataracts and other permanent congenital manifestations. Clinical diagnosis of rubella is difficult due to overlapping symptoms with many other diseases and confirmation of rubella is not possible without laboratory testing.Effective vaccination programmes are critical to the elimination of rubella and prevention of CRS. Such programmes have been successful in several countries in Europe and around the world. However, rubella outbreaks still occur due to suboptimal vaccine coverage and in the past 10 years rubella has been reported in Central European countries such as Romania and Poland. Over the past decade the elimination of rubella and prevention of congenital rubella infection in Europe has been a high priority for

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Vaccine

ISSN

0264-410X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

49

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

9141-9147

UT code for WoS article

000297525500005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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