In most cases, including all the newborn infants with rubella, rubella virus was isolated or persistent rubella antibody was demonstrated. A few older infants with the clinical syndrome but with ...

In contrast to acquired rubella infection, congenital infection results in persistent progressive infection. Contact isolation is required for neonates suspected to have congenital rubella.

However, rubella vaccination should also target populations ... be integrated with other mother-and-child preventive measures: neonatal hearing screening and surveillance of congenital ...