1. Post Vaccine Rubella During a Measles Outbreak: Clinical Case
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Luísa Graça, Sara Pereira, Raquel Duro, and António Sarmento
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Disease Outbreaks ,Measles ,Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine ,Rubella ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Rubella is a vaccine preventable infection, and congenital rubella the most feared complication of this disease. Although young adult women are at greatest risk of post-vaccine rubella, this is also the group who potentially benefits the most from vaccine protection. Since post-vaccine disease has a mild and self-limited course, the benefit clearly exceeds the risk. During a measles outbreak in the north of Portugal, a 38-year-old woman presented with cervical posterior lymphadenopathies, fever and a maculo-papular rash one week after the administration of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Measles was discarded and rubella viremia was demonstrated. Symptoms of rubella are non-specific and laboratory confirmation is essential. This is particularly relevant during a measles outbreak.
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- 2021
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