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Rubella (German measles) eradicated from Americas [View all]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32523300Rubella (German measles) eradicated from Americas
29 April 2015
North and South America have become the first regions of the world to eradicate rubella, or German measles, after no home-grown cases in five years. (snip) the last endemic cases registered in the region were in Argentina and Brazil in 2009.
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During the last major rubella outbreak in the region, between 1964 and 1965, close to 20,000 children were born with CRS in the United States. The country managed to wipe out the virus by 2004.
However, about 120,000 new cases of rubella emerge every year, particularly in south-east Asia and Africa.
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