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Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome—United States, 1985–1988 FREE

Am J Dis Child. 1989;143(8):893-894. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150200037014.
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RUBELLA  A provisional total of 221 cases of rubella was reported in the United States in 1988 (0.1 cases per 100,000 population), the lowest since rubella became a nationally notifiable disease in 1966. The incidence of rubella has declined by more than 99% since 1969, the year rubella vaccine was licensed.In 1987, the last year for which complete data are available, 20 of 52 reporting areas (which comprise the 50 states, District of Columbia, and New York City [NYC]) reported no rubella cases, compared with 18 reporting areas in 1986 and 14 in 1985. The reported age-specific incidence rates of rubella declined for all age groups during these 3 years.Long-term trends of rubella incidence among specific age groups can be assessed by comparing recent data from the total United States with those from three areas for which agespecific data were available before 1975—Illinois, Massachusetts, and NYC. The reported

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Bart KJ, Orenstein WA, Preblud SR, Hinman AR.  Universal immunization to interrupt rubella . Rev Infect Dis 1985;;7( (suppl 1) ):S177-84.
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CDC.  Rubella in colleges—United States, 1983-1984 . MMWR 1985;;34:228-31.
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CDC.  Elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome—United States . MMWR 1985;;34:65-6.
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References

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CDC.  Rubella and congenital rubella—United States, 1984-1986 . MMWR 1987;;36:664-6,671-5.
2 +
CDC.  Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome—New York City . MMWR 1986;;35:770-4,779.
3 +
CDC.  Rubella outbreak among office workers—New York City . MMWR 1985;;34:455-9.
4 +
Public Health Service. Promoting health/preventing disease: objectives for the nation . Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1980;:22.
5 +
Williams NM, Preblud SR.  Rubella and congenital rubella surveillance, 1983. CDC surveillance summaries, 1984 . MMWR 1984;,33(no. (4SS) ):1SS-10SS.
6 +
Orenstein WA, Bart KJ, Hinman AR, et al.  The opportunity and obligation to eliminate rubella from the United States . JAMA 1984;;251:1988-94.
7 +
Crowder M, Higgins HL Jr, Frost JJ.  Rubella susceptibility in young women of rural east Texas: 1980 and 1985 . Tex Med 1987;;83:43-7.
8 +
Witte JJ, Karchmer AW, Case G, et al.  Epidemiology of rubella . Am J Dis Child 1969;;118:107-11.
9 +
Bart KJ, Orenstein WA, Preblud SR, Hinman AR.  Universal immunization to interrupt rubella . Rev Infect Dis 1985;;7( (suppl 1) ):S177-84.
10 +
CDC.  Rubella in colleges—United States, 1983-1984 . MMWR 1985;;34:228-31.
11 +
CDC.  Elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome—United States . MMWR 1985;;34:65-6.
12 +
Cochi SL, Edmonds LE, Dyer K, et al.  Congenital rubella syndrome in the United States, 1970-1985: on the verge of elimination . Am J Epidemiol 1989;;129:349-61.
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CDC.  Immunization practices in colleges—United States . MMWR 1987;;36:209-12.
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CDC.  Rubella vaccination during pregnancy—United States, 1971-1986 . MMWR 1987;;36:457-61.

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