Rubella antibody screening during pregnancy in an urban area of Northern Italy

• Main Authors: Massimo De Paschale (Author), Maria Teresa Manco (Author), Alessia Paganini (Author), Carlo Agrappi (Author), Paola Mirri (Author), Gabriella Cucchi (Author), Barbara Saccani (Author), Alberto Flores D'Arcais (Author), Pierangelo Clerici (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Various countries have implemented anti-rubella vaccination campaigns with the main aim of preventing congenital infection. In 2003, Italy joined the European WHO programme for the elimination of congenital rubella and issued a special healthcare plan, one of the objectives of which was to reduce th...