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CONGENITAL RUBELLA IN A MOTHER AND SON
Author(s) -
MENSER MARGARET A.,
SLINN ROBYN F.,
DODS L.,
HERTZBERG R.,
HARLEY J. D.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1968.tb01754.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rubella , congenital rubella , rubella virus , pediatrics , congenital rubella syndrome , hemagglutination , cataracts , virology , measles , virus , vaccination , ophthalmology
SYNOPSIS The mother of a male infant with proven congenital rubella has bilateral cataracts and dermatoglyphic abnormalities. She has always been regarded as a victim of congenital rubella and no other cause for her cataract formation is identifiable. The mother has a high titre of rubella‐virus haemagglutination‐inhibition antibody and her infant had rubella viuria. The significance of these findings is discussed.