Congenital rubella syndrome

1996 - 2004 - Concluded

Paul Varughese, DVM, MSc

Study results can be found in

CPSP 2004 Results

CPSP Highlights

• Congenital rubella syndrome: Preventing missed opportunities

  Paediatr Child Health 2007;12(2):142

• CPSP 2002 Results: What have we learned?

  Paediatr Child Health 2003;8(7):447

• Congenital rubella syndrome – Time to act on missed prevention opportunities

  Paediatr Child Health 2003;8(2):107-8

• Congenital rubella syndrome: The need for standing orders for vaccination of susceptible women

  Paediatr Child Health 2001;6(1):10

Published papers

• Rubella elimination: The Canadian experience

  Macey JF, Tam T, Lipskie T, Tipples G, EisBrenner T. J Infect Dis 2011; 204: S585-92

• Prevention of congenital rubella syndrome

  Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society. Paediatr Child Health 2007; 12(9): 795-77 

  DOI:10.1093/infdis/jir406

• Following up on unfinished business – prenatal rubella screening and postpartum vaccination

  Tam TWS. Editorial, CMAJ 1998;159:1117-8

  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/eppp-archive/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-159/issue-9/1117.htm

Resource articles

• Congenital rubella (1999)

Presentations

• Congenital rubella syndrome ‒ An international perspective: Are the results comparable?

  Grenier D, Doherty J, Medaglia A. Canadian Immunization Conference, Victoria, in December 2002