Hospital based surveillance of congenital rubella syndrome cases in the pre-vaccine era in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: A base line information for the country.
Yitayih WondimenehMoges TirunehGetachew FeredeKassahun DenekewFisseha AdmassuBelay TessemaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
In this study, nearly one fifth of the infants had laboratory confirmed congenital rubella syndrome and most of them had multiple rubella associated congenital defects at a time. Most of these congenital anomalies were reported among infants ≥ 1 month of age. Based on our result, the incidence of the CRS was line with the global incidence of the CRS in the pre-vaccine era. Therefore, establishing strong rubella/CRS surveillance system as well as introducing the rubella containing vaccine in the national immunization program might be important to reduce the burden of rubella and CRS in the country.