TY - JOUR AU - Mazaba, Mazyanga L. AU - Siziya, Seter AU - Monze, Mwaka AU - Cohen, Daniel PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/03 TI - Epidemiology of acute rubella infection in Zambia during the pre-vaccination period (2005–2016) as a baseline for monitoring rubella epidemiology in the post-rubella vaccine introduction era JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 101 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Rubella is highly under reported in Zambia as in most sub-Saharan countries despite being a disease of major public health concern especially among women of childbearing age. In September 2016, Zambia introduced a combined measles-rubella vaccine in children 0–14 years. In this study, we estimated the proportion positive for acute rubella among suspected but negative measles cases between 2005 and 2016 and determined its correlates for monitoring rubella epidemiology post-rubella vaccine introduction. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4806-5 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-4806-5 ID - Mazaba2020 ER -