Rubella seroprevalence in an unvaccinated population in Izmir: recommendations for rubella vaccination in Turkey
Articles > Article · 1999
Authors: SADIK AKŞİT, A EGEMEN, T OZACAR, Nuri Zafer KURUGÖL, P KESKINOGLU, Meltem TAŞBAKAN, S CAGLAYAN
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 1999, vol 18, pp 577-580
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00003
Summary
Background. The European Advisory GI roup on the Expanded Program on Immunization of WHO has recommended that by 2010 or earlier congenital rubella should be well-controlled or eliminated in all countries in Europe. Debate on the introduction of rubella vaccine into national immunization schedules continues to occur, and data on rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Turkey are insufficient.