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An illness of newborns resulting from rubella infection in utero and characterized by symptoms from the following categories:
Cataracts/congenital glaucoma, congenital heart disease, loss of hearing, pigmentary retinopathy
Associated symptoms may be:
Purpura, splenomegaly, jaundice, microcephaly, mental retardation, meningoencephalitis, radiolucent bone disease
Presence of any defects or laboratory data consistent with congenital rubella infection (as reported by a health professional)
Possible: a case with some compatible clinical findings but not meeting the criteria for a compatible case
Compatible: a case that is not laboratory confirmed and that has any two complications listed in (A) above, or one complication from (A) and one from (B)
Confirmed: a clinically compatible case that is laboratory confirmed
In compatible cases, either or both of the eye-related findings (cataracts and congenital glaucoma) count as a single complication.
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