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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Currently, all developed countries include rubella vaccination in their immunization programs, targeting the complete elimination of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). In the underdeveloped world, where this severely disabling condition still exists, only a few countries have implemented vaccination policies, and almost no data on their effectiveness or on prevalence rates are available. The aims of the present work were to search for the best phenotype to be used as a sentinel for CRS in a large series of malformed newborns and to propose a CRS surveillance system, based only on clinical data. ## METHODS A total of 43 infants diagnosed as having CRS were obtained from 19,184 multimalformed infants, ascertained by the Latin‐American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Birth Defects (ECLAMC), over 3,883,165 consecutive births, between 1982 and 2003. They were distributed by country and the most frequent birth defects were identified. From the 19,184 multimalformed infants, all cases presenting the birth defects identified were selected. The sensitivity, specificity, and

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Author

Monica Rittler; Jorge López-Camelo; Eduardo E. Castilla

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1542-0752)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)