Introduction: The Serology section of the Microbiology Department performs Rubella immunity screening mainly from antenatal patients and staff health clinics, with a small number of tests being performed for the diagnosis of Rubella infection. Since the implementation of the NSW Department of Health Circular 2003/91 “Occupational Screening and Vaccination against Infectious Diseases”, the numbe...

Serum samples from patients with various forms of rubella virus infection were tested for antibodies to each of three viral structural proteins by radioimmunoprecipitation and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In most sera antibody to E1 protein was the predominant species. Sera from patients with congenital rubella syndrome, however, contained significantly more E2 ant...

To cite: Reddy AK, Renganathan SN, Jayamohan AE, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204204 DESCRIPTION Introduction Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is a spectrum of clinical findings in a patient that results from primary maternal infection with rubella virus. Diagnosis is usually made clinically but imaging findings can prompt the diagno...

Cat. No. 600030 30 Tests 600100 100 Tests 600500 500 Tests CPT Code: 86762 1 INTENDED USE: The ASI Rubella Test is a rapid latex particle agglutination test for the qualitative and semiquantitative determination of rubella virus antibodies in serum. The test aids in the diagnosis of recent or active rubella infection and in the determination of immune status. These materials are intended to be ...

Rubella, usually a mild rash illness in children and adults, can cause serious consequences when a pregnant woman is infected, particularly in early pregnancy. These serious consequences include miscarriage, fetal death or an infant born with birth defects (i.e., congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)). The primary purpose for rubella vaccination is the prevention of congenital rubella infection inc...

The report on outbreak of rubella in Chandigarh by Madhanraj, et al. [1], exposes the inadequate disease surveillance mechanism for most communicable diseases in our country. Such outbreaks elicit knee-jerk reactions which are soon forgotten over a period of time. Diseases like rubella which are mild and self-limiting are likely to be missed in day-to-day practice. The only serious consequence ...

A collection of synovial fibroblasts from 19 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 12 patients with osteoarthrosis or other non-RA disease has been examined for rubella virus antigens by immunofluorescence and radioimmunoassay with negative results. Eluates of synovial membrane prepared under conditions likely to dissociate antigen-antibody complexes have shown no rubella antibody. A sero...

OBJECTIVE To determine the susceptibility of female eye hospital staff to rubella infection and the potential risk for hospital-based rubella outbreaks. METHODS A prospective cohort study on the seroprevalence of rubella IgG antibodies was conducted at three large eye hospitals in Coimbatore, Madurai and Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, where young children with eye abnormalities attributable ...

Rubella virus (RV) is a highly transmissible pathogenic agent that causes the disease rubella. Maternal RV infection during early pregnancy causes the death of the fetus or congenital rubella syndrome in infants. However, the cellular receptor for RV has not yet been identified. In this study, we found that the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) specifically bound to the E1 envelope glyc...