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What does CRS stand for?

Congenital Rubella Syndrome


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Measles, mumps, and rubella: vaccine use and strategies for elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome and control of mumps: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella -- Vaccine use and strategies for elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome and control of mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
If you are pregnant and have been infected with the rubella virus in the first months of your pregnancy, you may want to seek counseling about the risk that the baby will be born with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) and what options are available to you.
Measles, mumps, and rubella: vaccine use and strategies for elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome and control of mumps: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
However, it presents a particular danger to pregnant women, and if passed to a baby developing in the womb can cause congenital rubella syndrome, including blindness and brain damage.
The Pan American Health Organization estimates that treating congenital rubella syndrome costs 13 times more than to prevent it with vaccines.
As a society we have forgotten about the devastating effects of congenital rubella syndrome on the unborn child.
In September 2003, the 44th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization adopted a goal to eliminate rubella and congenital rubella syndrome by 2010.

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