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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
N01AB08 SEVOFLURANE B Sevoflurane - Inhalation 12,327,290 L.L
B05BB01 SERUFLEX RINGER'S INJECTION, USP G Calcium chloride, 2H2O - 0.33g/l, Potassium chloride - 0.3g/l, Sodium chloride - 8.6g/l Injectable solution 204,554 L.L
B05BB01 SOLUFLEX RINGER'S INJECTION, USP G Calcium chloride, 2H2O - 0.33g/l, Potassium chloride - 0.3g/l, Sodium chloride - 8.6g/l Injectable solution 221,792 L.L
J01DH51 SYNERGIC G Imipenem - 500mg, Cilastatin - 500mg Injectable powder 1,142,266 L.L
B05BB02 SERUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 194,211 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION G Water for Injection - Water for injection, irrigation 188,772 L.L
B05BB02 SERUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 180,421 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION G Water for Injection - Water for injection, irrigation 203,481 L.L
B05BB02 SOLUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 222,941 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION G Water for injection - Water for injection, irrigation 264,311 L.L
B05BB02 SOLUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 158,587 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION USP G Water for injection - Water for injection, irrigation 203,405 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR INJECTION USP G Water for injection - Water for injection, irrigation 264,311 L.L
V07AB01 STERILE WATER FOR IRRIGATION G Water for Irrigation - Water for injection, irrigation 203,481 L.L
P03AX01 SPIDOGALE G Benzyl benzoate - 10g/100ml, Sulfur colloïdal - 5g/100ml Lotion 207,336 L.L
A10BD07 SAGIMET G Metformin HCl - 1000mg, Sitagliptin (HCl monohydrate) - 50mg Tablet, film coated 1,551,690 L.L
A10BD07 SITAMET G Metformin - 1000mg, Sitagliptin - 50mg Tablet, film coated 2,444,896 L.L
A10BD07 SITAVITEA G Metformin - 1000mg, Sitagliptin - 50mg Tablet, film coated 1,079,106 L.L
B05BB02 SERUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 193,062 L.L
B05BB02 SERUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 180,421 L.L
A10BD07 SAGIMET G Metformin HCl - 500mg, Sitagliptin (HCl monohydrate) - 50mg Tablet, film coated 1,432,536 L.L
B05BB02 SOLUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 236,731 L.L
B05BB02 SOLUFLEX DEXTROSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 5% Injectable solution 211,449 L.L
A10BD07 SAGIMET G Metformin HCl - 850mg, Sitagliptin (HCl monohydrate) - 50mg Tablet, film coated 1,463,892 L.L
A10BD07 SITAMET G Metformin - 850mg, Sitagliptin - 50mg Tablet, film coated 2,301,079 L.L
D06BA51 SILVEZ PLUS G Silver sulfadiazine - , Chlorhexidine - Cream 349,399 L.L
A10BD07 SITAVITEA G Metformin - 850mg, Sitagliptin - 50mg Tablet, film coated 1,079,106 L.L
J07AL02 SYNFLORIX B Polysaccharide from each of 10 capsular types of pneumococcus (conjugated to carrier proteins) adsorbed onto aluminium phosphate - 1mcg/0.5ml, Polysaccharide of serotypes 41,2, 18C1,3 and 19F1,4 - 3mcg/0.5ml, 1 adsorbed onto aluminium phosphate - 0.5mg Al3+, 2 conjugated to protein D (derived from NTHi) carrier protein - ~ 13mcg, 3 conjugated to tetanos toxoid carrier protein - ~ 8mcg, 4 conjugated to diphteria toxoid carrier protein - ~ 5mcg Injectable suspension 4,675,228 L.L
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