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2109490

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Though the rubella vaccination programme for adolescent girls was introduced in Japan in 1977, rubella epidemics have occurred repeatedly. Also in Sasebo, Japan in 1987, we experienced various complications as follows: encephalitis (five cases), meningitis (three), thrombocytopenic purpura (four), vascular purpura (four), hemolytic anemia (two), pneumonia (eight), protein-losing gastroenteropathy (one), multiple organ disorder with encephalitis, purpura, myocarditis, hepatic and renal dysfunction (one), and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS: three). Disorders ranging over multiple organs seem to occur in acquired as well as congenital rubella infection. The incidence of encephalitis was estimated to be 1:1600 cases of rubella and two of five cases were apparently serious. Though the strategy for preventing rubella has been directed only against CRS, we should note the various and severe complications with acquired rubella infection, and should adopt two-stepped protection: vaccination of young children of both sexes and of adolescent girls.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0374-5600
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
A rubella epidemic in Sasebo, Japan in 1987, with various complications.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatrics, Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article