In contrast to acquired rubella infection, congenital infection results in persistent progressive infection. Contact isolation is required for neonates suspected to have congenital rubella.

In rats with congenital rubella, following maternal infection during pregnancy, the pathogenic effects and persistence of the virus after birth are remarkably similar to conditions prevailing in ...

"Rubella infection poses a risk of congenital rubella syndrome amongst pregnant mothers if they are infected in the first trimester of the pregnancy. It can lead to birth defects in their unborn ...

Pregnant women who are susceptible to rubella are at risk of passing rubella infection to their unborn child, resulting in ‘congenital rubella infection’. Photo: Marjon Besteman/Pixabay.

Rubella is a mild, contagious viral infection best known for its distinctive red rash. The department stated that more than 90% of the cases occurred in children under 15, with only one patient ...

Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

Provincial health departments have assured South Africans that the Rubella outbreak across the country will not be the Grinch that steals Christmas. They have however urged the public to present ...

and never come into contact with rubella virus through natural infection, children will remain susceptible to rubella,“ he said. The disease spreads from person to person through droplets ...

Immunity gaps created during the Covid pandemic are thought to have led to a spike in rubella cases in 2024. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has seen an increase in rubella ...

Gauteng has since recorded 2,603 infections, followed by 1,996 in KwaZulu-Natal, 1,338 in the Western Cape, 1,113 in the Eastern Cape, 899 in the North West, 862 in the Northern Cape, 665 in ...