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Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Generalities
Agent Rubella virus, genus Rubullovirus, family Togaviridae
Incubation period 14-17 days (range 14-21 days)
Period of transmissibility - 7 days before rash and 4 days after rash onset
- From congenital rubella: infants shed the virus for several months after birth
Reservoir Humans
Modes of transmission - Person-to-person: direct contact with droplets
- Infants with Congenital Rubella Syndrome shed large quantities of virus in their pharyngeal secretions and urine.
- Materno-foetal transmission: 90% of infants born to women infected with rubella during the 1st trimester. The risk of transmission is 10-20% by the 16th week, and rare after the 20th week.
Clinical presentation - Febril maculo-papular rash
- Complications: thrombocytopenia (1/3000), post-infectious encephalitis (1/6000), rarely chronic arthritis
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome: Congenital malformation as deafness, cataracts, microphtalmia, congenital glaucoma, pigmentary retinopathy, nystagmus, microcephaly, meningo-encephalitis, mental retardation, patent ductus arteious, atrial or ventricular septal defects, other congenital heart disease, purpura, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice, radiolucent bone disease
Resources
Case definitions - MOPH circular no 12 (2013): Acquired Rubella
- MOPH circular no 45 (2007): Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Forms - Rash reporting form
- CRS reporting form
- Rash investigation form
- CRS investigation form
Data - Rubella 2021
- Rubella 2020
- Rubella 2019
- Rubella 2018
- Rubella 2017
- Rubella 2016
- Rubella 2015
 
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ATC Name B/G Ingredients Dosage Form Price
B05XA03 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45% 0.45% Injectable solution 160,885 L.L
B05XA03 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45% 0.45% Injectable solution 176,974 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 145,946 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 151,692 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 164,333 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 688,359 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 144,797 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 182,720 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 209,151 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 222,941 L.L
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 181,570 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 219,493 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 170,079 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 194,211 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 284,997 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 220,643 L.L
B05CX01 10% DEXTROSE INJECTION USP G Dextrose,H2O - 10g/100ml 10% Injectable solution 252,820 L.L
A12AA03 10% W/V CALCIUM GLUCONATE INJECTION BP G Calcium gluconate - 10% 10% Injectable solution 3,952,241 L.L
R05D 123 COLD AND FLU B Phenylephrine HCl - 5mg, Carbinoxamine HCl - 3mg, Caffeine anhydrous - 30mg, Codeine phosphate - 8mg, Acetaminophen - 325mg Tablet 409,552 L.L
N02BE51 123 COMPLETE B Acetaminophen (day tablet, night tablet) - 500mg, Dextromethorphan HBr (day tablet, night tablet) - 5mg, Phenylephrine HCl (day tablet, night tablet) - 5mg, Carbinoxamine maleate (night tablet) - 3mg Tablet 537,537 L.L
B05BB02 2.5% DEXTROSE 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION G Dextrose,H2O - 2.5g/100ml, Sodium chloride - 0.45g/100ml Injectable solution 172,377 L.L
B05BB02 2.5% DEXTROSE 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION G Dextrose,H2O - 2.5g/100ml, Sodium chloride - 0.45g/100ml Injectable solution 224,090 L.L
B05 20 MEQ POTASSIUM OF 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP B Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Potassium chloride - 20meq Injectable solution 278,102 L.L
B05 20 MEQ POTASSIUM OF 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP B Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Potassium chloride - 20mEq Injectable solution 229,959 L.L
B05 20 MEQ POTASSIUM OF 5% DEXTROSE AND 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP B Dextrose, H2O - 5%, Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Potassium chloride - 20meq Injectable solution 229,959 L.L
A11DB 3V G Vitamin B12 - 200mcg, Vitamin B6 - 200mg, Vitamin B1 - 100mg Tablet 229,797 L.L
A11DB 3V G Vitamin B12 - 1mg/3ml, Vitamin B6 - 100mg/3ml, Vitamin B1 - 100mg/3ml Injectable solution 198,889 L.L
B05BB02 5% DEXTROSE 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION G Dextrose,H2O - 5g/100ml, Sodium chloride - 0.45g/100ml Injectable solution 179,272 L.L
B05BB02 5% DEXTROSE 0.45% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION G Dextrose,H2O - 5g/100ml, Sodium chloride - 0.45g/100ml Injectable solution 224,090 L.L
B05BB02 5% DEXTROSE 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION G Dextrose,H2O - 5g/100ml, Sodium chloride - 0.9g/100ml Injectable solution 180,421 L.L
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