Epidemic Rubella in Taiwan, 1957–1958
| Autor: | Grayston Jt, Watten Rh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1959 |
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education.field_of_study
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Biomedical Research business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Population Taiwan Prevalence Gamma globulin Congenital malformations General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Rubella Pregnancy medicine Humans Female Disease prevention gamma-Globulins Epidemics business education |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 261:1145-1150 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm195912032612301 |
| Popis: | RUBELLA is now widely accepted as a cause of congenital malformations and fetal death.1 2 3 4 5 Consequently, gamma globulin is commonly used to prevent rubella in pregnant women exposed to the disease. However, there has been only limited experimental evidence supporting this use of the agent.5 6 7 8 An opportunity for study of its effectiveness in the prevention of rubella was afforded by the widespread rubella epidemic that occurred in Taiwan between September, 1957, and May, 1958. Epidemic rubella had not occurred in Taiwan since 1944, and attack rates were high, with nearly 1,000,000 cases in a population of 10,000,0009; in this study, . . . |
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