Incidence of congenital rubella syndrome in 19 regions of Europe in 1980-1986.

Eur J Epidemiol

EUROCAT Central Registry, Department of Epidemiology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Published: March 1989

Twenty-five cases of congenital rubella syndrome were recorded in 1,458,126 live births in 19 EUROCAT birth defects registries from 1980 to 1986. During the study period, the incidence declined steadily from 3.50 to 0.41 per 100,000 births. Rubella infection occurred in 12 multiparous women indicating failure in immunization programme.

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