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SUBMITTER: Lazar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073198 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lazar Mihaela M Abernathy Emily E Chen Min-Hsin MH Icenogle Joseph J Janta Denisa D Stanescu Aurora A Pistol Adriana A Santibanez Sabine S Mankertz Annette A Hübschen Judith M JM Mihaescu Grigore G Necula Gheorghe G Lupulescu Emilia E
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20160901 38
We describe a rubella outbreak that occurred in Romania between September 2011 and December 2012. During this period 24,627 rubella cases, 41.1% (n=10,134) of which female, were notified based on clinical criteria, and a total of 6,182 individuals were found serologically positive for IgM-specific rubella antibody. The median age of notified cases was 18 years (range: <1-65) and the most affected age group 15 to 19 years (n=16,245 cases). Of all notified cases, 24,067 cases (97.7%) reported no h ...[more]