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Rubella in developing countries still causing blindness and deafness.
2004 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rubella in developing countries continues to cause blindness and deafness.
According to a study from England, "Maternal rubella is now rare in many developed countries that have rubella vaccination programs. However, in many developing countries congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) remains a major cause of developmental anomalies, particularly blindness and deafness. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided recommendations for prevention of CRS, and, encouragingly, the number of countries introducing rubella vaccination programs has risen.
"However, declining uptake rates due to concerns about the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in the UK, and increasing numbers of cases in some European countries coupled with poor uptake rates might jeopardize this progress," said Jangu E. Banatvala at Kings College London and D. W. G. Brown at the Health Protection Agency. "Surveillance of postnatally and congenitally acquired infection is an essential component of CRS prevention since rubella is difficult to diagnose on clinical grounds alone.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Rubella in developing countries still causing blindness and deafness.