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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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L04AB01 ENBREL BioTech Etanercept - 50mg 50mg Injectable solution 52,197,598 L.L
L04AB01 ENBREL BioTech Etanercept - 50mg 50mg Injectable solution 52,197,598 L.L
L04AB01 ERELZI BioTech Etanercept - 50mg 50mg Injectable solution 56,780,638 L.L
L04AB01 ERELZI BioTech Etanercept - 50mg 50mg Injectable solution 39,269,439 L.L
L04AB01 ENBREL BioTech Etanercept - 25mg 25mg Injectable solution 28,768,353 L.L
L04AB01 ERELZI BioTech Etanercept - 25mg 25mg Injectable solution 24,770,928 L.L
L04AB01 ETANERREL BioTech Etanercept - 25mg/0.5ml 25mg/0.5ml Injectable solution 5,085,100 L.L
L04AB01 ETANERREL BioTech Etanercept - 50mg/ml 50mg/ml Injectable solution 9,756,719 L.L
L04AB01 ETANERREL BioTech Etanercept - 25mg/0.5ml 25mg/0.5ml Injectable solution L.L
L04AC19 ENSPRYNG BioTech Satralizumab - 120mg/ml 120mg/ml Injectable solution 857,061,795 L.L
L04AX03 EBETREXAT G Methotrexate - 5mg 5mg Tablet, scored 1,347,874 L.L
L04AX03 EBETREXAT G Methotrexate - 15mg/1.5ml 15mg/1.5ml Injectable solution 2,135,366 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
M01AB05 EMIFENAC 50 G Diclofenac sodium - 50mg 50mg Tablet, dispersible 387,027 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 120mg 120mg Tablet, film coated 398,033 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 120mg 120mg Tablet, film coated 425,998 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,109,630 L.L
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M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,217,521 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
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 1,390,877 L.L
M03AC09 ESMERON B Rocuronium bromide - 50mg/5ml 50mg/5ml Injectable solution 4,949,372 L.L
M03AC09 ESMERON B Rocuronium bromide - 50mg/5ml 50mg/5ml Injectable solution 4,750,483 L.L
M05BX06 EVENITY BioTech Romosozumab - 105mg/1.17ml 105mg/1.17ml Injectable solution 56,729,091 L.L
M09AX10 EVRYSDI B Risdiplam - 0.75mg/ml 0.75mg/ml Powder 865,644,067 L.L
N01BB54 EMLA B Prilocaine - 25mg/g, Lidocaine - 25mg/g 5% Cream 1,763,121 L.L
N02AJ06 EFFERALGAN CODEINE B Paracetamol - 500mg, Codeine phosphate - 30mg Tablet, effervescent scored 215,015 L.L
N02AJ06 EFFERALGAN CODEINE B Paracetamol - 500mg, Codeine phosphate - 30mg Tablet, film coated 215,015 L.L
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