RT Journal
A1 Cockburn W
T1 WOrld aspects of the epidemiology of rubella
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1969
FD July 1
VO 118
IS 1
SP 112
OP 122
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100040114019
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100040114019
AB IN SPITE of the interest since 1941 in rubella as being one of the causes of congenital defects, it has not yet been recognized as a clinical or epidemiological entity in many countries in Africa, South and Central America, and Asia; and in a paper published in 1968 from a country in Europe it is stated that "we still ignore the possible role of rubella virus as a cause of congenital malformations in our country." Compared with, for example, a disease such as measles, it is not therefore surprising that there are few publications on the general epidemiology of rubella. Some do exist, and the number is increasing,1-7 but the papers often deal with limited areas of a single country or with special groups and do not in general lend themselves to international comparison and contrast.There are however, two aspects of the epidemiology of rubella in which such