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Congenital rubella syndrome

Also called CRS

Notification class
Class 1 notifiable eventHealth care providers report it immediately on suspicion to the Medical Officer of Health at their parish health department, or to the National Surveillance Unit, within 24 hours of contact.
Category
Vaccine-preventable diseases

Case definition

An infant with one or more of the following: Congenital cataracts, glaucoma, deafness, microphthalmia, microcephaly, congenital heart defects, meningoencephalitis, purpura at birth; or a history of maternal rubella.

Specimen

  1. Acute and convalescent serum specimen in red top tube on ice.
  2. Nasopharyngeal swab (in viral transport medium) and urine sample, both on ice.

Laboratory

National Public Health Lab (Immunology Section)

Timeline for investigation

48 hours

Source: National Surveillance Manual

How it’s monitored

Notified as it occurs and followed up with an investigation report. The weekly bulletin gives confirmed cases for the year to date, beside last year’s.

The figures

The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.

Weekly bulletins
Dashboards

For health professionals

Case definitions
Forms
How to report