Open AccessFollow-up Study of Unknowingly Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against Rubella in Brazil, 2001–2002
Author(s) -
Rosa Castãlia Soares,
Marilda Mendonça Siqueira,
Cristiana M. Toscano,
Maria de Lourdes S. Maia,
Brendan Flannery,
Helena Keico Sato,
Rosane M. Will,
Regina C. M. Rodrigues,
Imaculada C. Oliveira,
Tânia Cristina Barbosa,
Gall Sa,
Marta Ferreira Rego,
Sueli P. Curti,
Xênia Rawena Medeiros Romeu Lemos,
Renate Morhdieck,
Denise Stürmer,
Maria José Couto Oliveira,
Jarbas Barbosa da Silva,
Carlos CastilloSolórzano,
Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho,
Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jir429
Subject(s) - medicine , rubella , vaccination , pregnancy , immunization , obstetrics , pediatrics , rubella vaccine , mass vaccination , immunology , virology , measles , antibody , genetics , biology
Brazil conducted mass immunization of women of childbearing age in 2001 and 2002. Surveillance was initiated for vaccination of women during pregnancy to monitor the effects of rubella vaccination on fetal outcomes.
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