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Russia: outbreak of rubella among students at Volgograd Academy
April 07, 2004


Fifty-seven students of the Volgograd Law Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have contracted rubella (German measles). All students are first and second year students, who live in student accommodation at the academy. The first 3 patients were admitted [presumably to hospital, unusually for what is generally regarded as a mild illness, although arthralgia and encephalitis are commoner in adults than children. - Mod.SH with rubella in March, but in the past 2 days there is an marked increase in the number of referrals.

At the present time, students diagnosed and confirmed with rubella are in quarantine and do not live on the premises of Academy. For 21 days all rooms of in the student residence will be disinfected, and other places where students usually meet will be disinfected with quartz {UV?} lamps. The Sanitary Epidemiological Surveillance Center will conduct all necessary measures to prevent the spread of infection.