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Epidemiological Alert: Rubella (21 June 2019)

Alerta Epidemiológica: Rubéola (21 junio 2019)

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2019
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Pan American Health Organization
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During 2009, in the Region of the Americas, the last endemic rubella cases were reported in Argentina and Brazil . In the same year, Canada and the United States reported imported and import-related cases of rubella. Between 2010 and 2019, 84 confirmed cases of rubella have been reported in eight countries of the Region of the Americas, and 16 cases of congenital rubella syndrome have been reported in the same period, three in Canada (one in 2011, one in 2015 and one in 2018) and 13 in the United States of America (three in 2012; three between 2013 and 2015, one each year; two in 2016 and 5 in 2017). All cases were imported or import-related. In 2015, the Region of the Americas was the first Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) to be declared free of the endemic transmission of rubella virus by the International Expert Committee (IEC) for Documenting and Verifying Measles, Rubella and the Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Americas. Nevertheless, maintaining the Region free of rubella is an ongoing challenge due to the permanent risk of importation and reintroduction of the virus.
 
Durante 2009, en la Región de las Américas, se reportaron los últimos casos endémicos de rubéola en Argentina y Brasil. El mismo año, Canadá y Estados Unidos reportaron casos de rubéola importados y asociados a importación. Entre 2010 y 2019 se notificaron 84 casos confirmados de rubéola en ocho países de la Región de las Américas mientras que en el mismo periodo se reportaron 16 casos de síndrome de rubéola congénita, tres en Canadá (uno en 2011, uno en 2015 y otro en 2018) y 13 casos en los Estados Unidos (tres en 2012; tres, uno cada año, entre 2013 y 2015; dos en 2016 y 5 en 2017). Todos importados o relacionados a importación. En 2015, la Región de las Américas fue la primera Región de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en ser declarada libre de la transmisión endémica del virus de la rubéola, por el Comité Internacional de Expertos (CIE) de Documentación y Verificación de la Eliminación del Sarampión, Rubéola y el síndrome de rubéola congénita en las Américas. Sin embargo, los retos para mantener a la Región libre de rubéola continúan, debido al riesgo permanente de importación y reintroducción del virus.
 
Subject
International Health Regulations; Emergencies; Rubella; Reglamento Sanitario Internacional; Rubéola (Sarampión Alemán)
Category of PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
Cat 5. Preparedness, Surveillance, and Response
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51490
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