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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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J01DD08 WINEX G Cefixime (trihydrate) - 100mg/5ml 100mg/5ml Suspension 700,142 L.L
J01DD08 WINEX G Cefixime (trihydrate) - 200mg 200mg Capsule 731,050 L.L
J01DD08 WINEX G Cefixime (trihydrate) - 400mg 400mg Capsule 1,307,559 L.L
S01ED51 XALACOM B Timolol (maleate) - 6.8mg/ml, Latanoprost - 50?g/ml Drops solution 510,660 L.L
S01EE01 XALATAN B Latanoprost - 50mcg/ml 50mcg/ml Drops solution 704,173 L.L
N05AX12 XALIPRO G Aripiprazole - 10mg 10mg Tablet 2,123,271 L.L
N05AX12 XALIPRO G Aripiprazole - 15mg 15mg Tablet 2,418,917 L.L
N05AX12 XALIPRO G Aripiprazole - 5mg 5mg Tablet 1,746,995 L.L
L01ED01 XALKORI B Crizotinib - 250mg 250mg Capsule 347,644,061 L.L
L01ED01 XALKORI B Crizotinib - 200mg 200mg Capsule 347,644,061 L.L
L01ED01 XALKORI B Crizotinib - 250mg 250mg Capsule L.L
N05BA12 XANAX B Alprazolam - 0.5mg 0.5mg Tablet 477,064 L.L
B01AF01 XARELTO B Rivaroxaban - 2.5mg 2.5mg Tablet, film coated 4,045,168 L.L
B01AF01 XARELTO B Rivaroxaban - 15mg 15mg Tablet, film coated 4,440,862 L.L
B01AF01 XARELTO B Rivaroxaban - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 4,440,862 L.L
B01AF01 XARELTO B Rivaroxaban - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 1,588,892 L.L
G04CA01 XATRAL XL B Alfuzosin HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, prolonged release 1,061,636 L.L
B01AF01 XAVIRAN G Rivaroxaban - 15mg 15mg Tablet, film coated 952,208 L.L
B01AF01 XAVIRAN G Rivaroxaban - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 952,208 L.L
B01AF01 XAVIRAN G Rivaroxaban - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 606,649 L.L
L04AA29 XELJANZ B Tofacitinib - 5mg 5mg Tablet 80,685,473 L.L
L04AA29 XELJANZ XR B Tofacitinib - 11mg 11mg Tablet, extended release 78,687,316 L.L
L01BC06 XELODA B Capecitabine - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 17,946,398 L.L
D07AC13 XEMADERM G Mometasone furoate - 0.1% 0.1% Cream 335,961 L.L
A08AB01 XENICAL B Orlistat - 120mg 120mg Capsule 4,036,903 L.L
M03AX01 XEOMIN BioTech Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin complex - 100 units LD50 100 units LD50 Injectable powder for solution 20,517,541 L.L
M03AX01 XEOMIN BioTech Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin complex - 50 units LD50 50 units LD50 Injectable powder for solution 11,920,109 L.L
J01DD15 XEVANEER G Cefdinir - 125mg/5ml 125mg/5ml Powder for suspension 1,308,903 L.L
J01DD15 XEVANEER G Cefdinir - 125mg/5ml 125mg/5ml Powder for suspension 686,704 L.L
J01DD15 XEVANEER G Cefdinir - 300mg 300mg Capsule 1,350,562 L.L
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