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R A Kantorovich

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Analysis of epidemiological peculiarities of rubella based on a mathematical model (according to observations over 10 years in Moscow).

The main epidemiological values characterizing rubella in Moscow were calculated on the basis of a new mathematical model. Quantitative estimates of the intensity of infection in different age groups of the population were obtained. It has been established that the risk of infection in children is especially high in comparison with adult population. That is why 98% of the population aged 15 are immune. The probability of falling ill with rubella was determined for persons with different antibody levels. The cases of congenital rubella in Moscow are rare due to the low risk of infection in adults and to their immunity acquired in childhood. Consequently, there is no necessity for vaccination against rubella in Moscow at the present time, but it should be recommended to organize constant epidemiological surveillance of congenital rubella.

Adolescent↗

[Acute meningoencephalitis and the problem of viral persistence in complicated rubella].

The results of combined clinico-virological and immunological examinations of 25 children with rubellar meningoencephalitis are presented. The meningoencephalitis was preceded by typical rubella in 24, and by rubellar infection without eruptions in 1 child. In 6 children the rubella virus was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid in the acute period of the disease (5th to 19th days), and in 2 children it was re-isolated on the acute period of the disease (5th to 19th days), and in 2 children it was re-isolated on the 17th-19th days. A persistence of the immunoglobulins M specific to the rubella virus was revealed both in the acute period of the disease and long time after the disease onset (the observation period was 409 days). The data obtained confirm the etiological role of the rubella virus in the development of rubellar meningoencephalitis, suggesting that the rubella virus may persist in complicated post-natal rubella.

Acute Disease↗