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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
N02BE01 EFFERALGAN B Paracetamol - 1g 1g Tablet, film coated 129,009 L.L
A10BD20 EMPAZIMET G Metformin HCl - 1000mg, Empagliflozin - 12.5mg Tablet, film coated 1,840,168 L.L
A10BD20 EMPAZIMET G Metformin HCl - 1000mg, Empagliflozin - 5mg Tablet, film coated 1,840,168 L.L
A10BD21 ENFORZA B Saxagliptin HCl - 5mg, Dapagliflozin - 10mg Tablet, film coated 6,072,824 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,109,630 L.L
G04BE08 ENKOR G Tadalafil - 5mg 5mg Tablet, film coated 1,766,193 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 369,877 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,217,521 L.L
C10AA05 EMITOR G Atorvastatin - 40mg 40mg Tablet, film coated 1,060,292 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 1,293,928 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 431,309 L.L
B01AF02 ELIQUIS B Apixaban - 5mg 5mg Tablet, film coated 4,183,603 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 1,390,877 L.L
B01AF02 ELIQUIS B Apixaban - 2.5mg 2.5mg Tablet, film coated 4,183,603 L.L
M01AB05 EPARDEX G Diclofenac sodium - 50mg 50mg Tablet, enteric coated 223,974 L.L
M01AB05 EPARDEX G Diclofenac sodium - 50mg 50mg Tablet, enteric coated 3,246,979 L.L
N02AJ06 EFFERALGAN CODEINE B Paracetamol - 500mg, Codeine phosphate - 30mg Tablet, effervescent scored 215,015 L.L
N02BE01 EFFERALGAN B Paracetamol - 500mg 500mg Tablet, effervescent scored 129,009 L.L
N02BE01 EFFERALGAN B Paracetamol - 1g 1g Tablet, effervescent 129,009 L.L
V03AC03 ENFEROX G Deferasirox - 500mg 500mg Tablet, dispersible 37,720,158 L.L
M01AB05 EMIFENAC 50 G Diclofenac sodium - 50mg 50mg Tablet, dispersible 387,027 L.L
N06AB10 ESCITALOPRAM BIOGARAN G Escitalopram (oxalate) - 10mg 10mg Tablet, coated, scored 678,640 L.L
N06AB10 ESCITALOPRAM BIOGARAN G Escitalopram (oxalate) - 15mg 15mg Tablet, coated, scored 678,640 L.L
N06AB10 ESCITALOPRAM BIOGARAN G Escitalopram (oxalate) - 20mg 20mg Tablet, coated, scored 678,640 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE BIOGARAN G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,849,127 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
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