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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
B05XA01 CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM RENAUDIN G Potassium chloride - 7.46g/100ml 7.46% Injectable solution 385,683 L.L
B05XA01 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE G Potassium chloride - 7.46g/100ml 7.46g/100ml Injectable solution 2,822,386 L.L
B05XA01 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE G Potassium chloride - 7.46g/100ml 7.46g/100ml Injectable solution 663,077 L.L
B05XA01 CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM RENAUDIN G Potassium chloride - 10g/100ml 10g/100ml Injectable solution 360,150 L.L
B05XA01 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE G Potassium chloride - 10g/100ml 10g/100ml Injectable solution 3,023,493 L.L
B05XA01 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE G Potassium chloride - 15g/100ml 15g/100ml Injectable solution 5,688,441 L.L
B05XA01 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE G Potassium chloride - 11.2g/100ml 11.2g/100ml Injectable solution 789,487 L.L
B05XA02 SODIUM BICARBONATE G Sodium bicarbonate - 4.2g/100ml 4.2g/100ml Injectable solution 742,370 L.L
B05XA02 SODIUM BICARBONATE G Sodium bicarbonate - 8.4g/100ml 8.4% Injectable solution 959,565 L.L
B05XA02 SODIUM BICARBONATE G Sodium bicarbonate - 1.4g/100ml 1.4g/100ml Injectable solution 258,887 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
B05XA03 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 141,349 L.L
B05XA03 CHLORURE DE SODIUM 0.9 pour cent Renaudin G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 385,683 L.L
B05XA03 CHLORURE DE SODIUM PROAMP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 1,104,639 L.L
B05XA03 CHLORURE DE SODIUM PROAMP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 705,517 L.L
B05XA03 ISOTONIC SALINE G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 188,772 L.L
B05XA03 ISOTONIC SALINE G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 174,553 L.L
B05XA03 ISOTONIC SALINE G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 167,780 L.L
B05XA03 ISOTONIC SALINE G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 170,630 L.L
B05XA03 ISOTONIC SALINE G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 166,708 L.L
B05XA03 SERUFLEX SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 156,288 L.L
B05XA03 SERUFLEX SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% INJECTION USP G Sodium chloride - 0.9% 0.9% Injectable solution 165,482 L.L
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