Exploring the implications of changing patterns of rubella immunity in antenatal women in a South Wales valley community

Background/Aims: Rubella can be devastating to a foetus if maternally acquired in early pregnancy. A single rubella vaccine (SRV), given to prepubertal girls was replaced by the MMR immunisation in infancy for both sexes in 1988. Women born before 1983 probably received the SRV and had contact with...

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Main Author: Matthews, L. A.
Published: University of the West of England, Bristol 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.589116

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