Phylogenetic analysis of rubella viruses identified in Uganda, 2003-2012.

ABSTRACT: Molecular data on rubella viruses are limited in Uganda despite the importance of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Routine rubella vaccination, while not administered currently in Uganda, is expected to begin by 2015. The World Health Organization recommends that countries without rubella vaccination programs assess the burden of rubella and CRS before starting a routine vaccination program. Uganda is already involved in integrated case-based surveillance, including laboratory testing to confirm measles and rubella, but molecular epidemiologic aspects of rubella circulation have so far not been documented in Uganda. Twenty throat swab or oral fluid samples collected from 12 districts during routine rash and fever surveillance between 2003 and 2012 were identified as rubella virus RNA pos

SUBMITTER: Namuwulya P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269980 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature