At present 40 per cent of congenital deafness is inexplicable. The effect of rubella on the frequency of congenital deafness was studied five years after an epidemic of rubella in an island population ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infants with congenital rubella syndrome had a high pulmonary hypertension-associated mortality rate, according ...

THE CASE: In January 2004 a female infant was delivered by cesarean section at 36 weeks' gestation because of severe intrauterine growth restriction. The mother was a healthy 31-year-old gravida 4 ...

THE observation of a newborn infant with widespread petechiae and thrombocytopenia born to a mother who had had rubella during the 1964 epidemic stimulated us to seek other newborn and older children ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the CDC, rubella was eliminated in the United States in 2004. However, international travel can ...

The number of rubella infections is rising in India. Rubella infection is transmitted from a pregnant woman to foetus, thus resulting in babies born with various diseases. It is a contagious, but ...

Congenital rubella syndrome, a birth defect caused by the rubella virus (also known as German measles), has practically been eliminated in the US, according to a statement published in the April 2006 ...

Dear P.S.: I am very sorry to hear about it, even so many years later. Having a child with major health issues is an immense strain on a family. Measles (rubeola) certainly is very dangerous for ...

Congenital rubella syndrome If a pregnant woman becomes infected with rubella, there is a high risk (approximately 90%) that the viral infection will be passed on to the fetus. This can cause ...

Rubella and CRS case surveillance has been obligatory in Costa Rica since 1983 and is based on the clinical suspicion of any febrile eruptive disease case, which is then followed by a diagnostic ...

In episode six, the spolight is shone on congenital rubella syndrome, with a truly heartbreaking storyline seeing Maureen's newborn baby boy Warren pass away shortly after his birth as a result of the ...