Rubella, congenital syndrome
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The following specified Reportable Disease, (Ontario Regulation 559/91 and
amendments under the
Health Protection and Promotion Act, 1990) is to be reported to
the Local Medical Office of Health.
Note: Diseases marked
 and all respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions should be
reported
immediately to the Medical Officer of Health by telephone. Other diseases are to
be reported
the next working day.
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Surveillance Case Definition: Rubella, congenital
syndrome
Confirmed Case - Clinically compatible signs, symptoms or defects in a
liveborn infant or a stillbirth;
(a) with isolation of rubella virus from throat swab or urine or
(b) with detection of rubella specific IgM in blood or
(c) with persistence of rubella specific IgG in blood above and beyond
that expected from passive transfer of maternal antibody or
(d) without laboratory confirmation (this does not apply if the rubella
titre is absent in the mother, is absent in the infant or is declining
in a manner consistent with the normal decline of passively transferred
antibody after birth). |
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