Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rub...
Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program
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Woyessa, Abyot Bekele , Ali, Mohammed Seid , Korkpor, Tiala K. , Tuopileyi, Roland , Kohar, Henry T. , Dogba, John , Baller, April , Monday, Julius , Abdullahi, Suleman , Nagbe, Thomas , Mulbah, Gertrude , Kromah, Mohammed , Sesay, Jeremy , Yealue, Kwuakuan , Nyenswah, Tolbert and Gebrekidan, Mesfin Zbelo
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Rubella is an RNA virus in the genus Rubivirus within the Matonaviridae family. Rubella remains a leading vaccine-preventable cause of birth defects. Most African countries including Liberia do not currently provide rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) in their immunization program. We analyzed the existing surveillance data to describe rubella cases a...
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Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d07dc8faa364b08942435229fd7af4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d07dc8faa364b08942435229fd7af4b
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1471-2334
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1471-2334
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10.1186/s12879-019-4464-7
