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SUBMITTER: Vauloup-Fellous C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897492 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vauloup-Fellous Christelle C Hübschen Judith M JM Abernathy Emily S ES Icenogle Joseph J Gaidot Nicolas N Dubreuil Pascal P Parent-du-Châtelet Isabelle I Grangeot-Keros Liliane L Muller Claude P CP
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100512 7
Rubella is an acute infectious disease that normally has a mild clinical course. However, infections during pregnancy, especially before week 12 of gestation (WG), can cause severe birth defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). The aim of this study was to perform genotyping and molecular characterization of rubella viruses involved in congenital infections in France over the past 15 years (1995 to 2009). Amniotic fluid (AF) specimens (n = 80) from pregnant women with congenital rubel ...[more]