ADVANCEMENTS in surgical, medical, anaesthetic and intensive care have significantly improved survival rates for children ...

Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

Background: Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is associated with several negative outcomes, including autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The objective of this study was to estimate the numbers of ...

I write on this anniversary to bear witness to the recent but potentially fleeting miracle of elimination of measles,” writes ...

Both newborns and pregnant women are at higher risk of complications from the measles virus. Unvaccinated mothers who get measles earlier in pregnancy risk low birth weight, premature birth and still ...

Mounting vaccine complacency is also a danger. With the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases, so too were the memory ...

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS ;In Uganda, approximately 1.6 million babies are born every year, and 1% of them — about 16,000 babies — are born with heart defects annually. Violet Nabatanzi spoke to the ...

“Thus, these women are also at risk of having a baby with congenital rubella syndrome should they acquire rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Rubella was once common and widespread ...

One of these children had congenital thrombocytopenia and was admitted with vomiting ... 6 but is considerably less than ITP after natural measles (common), rubella (about 1 in 3000 cases), or mumps ...

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