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Case Report

Vaccine-associated Rubella – a report of two cases and a review of the literature

Sean Wei Xiang Onga Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;b National Centre for Infectious Diseases, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-436XView further author information
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Shawn Vasooa Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;b National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore;c Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;d Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sapna P. Sadarangania Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;b National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore;c Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeView further author information
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Lin Cuie National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, SingaporeView further author information
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Kalisvar Marimuthua Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;b National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore;d Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Poh Lian Lima Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;b National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore;c Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;d Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Jing Wen Kongc Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;f Hougang Polyclinic, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, SingaporeView further author information
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Judith Chui Ching Wongg Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore;h Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeView further author information
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Kim Yoong Puongh Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, SingaporeView further author information
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Kwai Peng Chanh Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore;i Academic Clinical Programme for Pathology, Duke-NUS Medical School, SingaporeView further author information
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Pages 224-227 | Received 20 Mar 2020, Accepted 02 May 2020, Published online: 12 Jun 2020

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