Gregg: congenital cataract following maternal rubella

What changed

Identified a case-series association between maternal early-pregnancy rubella and infant cataracts and other anomalies.

Scientific scope

The record is Gregg’s sole-author 1941 report and its observed case series. It does not by itself establish every feature of congenital rubella syndrome, quantify modern population risk or evaluate vaccination.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Gregg’s sole-author 1941 report and its observed case series. It does not by itself establish every feature of congenital rubella syndrome, quantify modern population risk or evaluate vaccination.

Contributors

• Norman McAlister Gregg · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• PMC reprint of Gregg’s congenital-rubella paper
• UNSW transcription of Gregg’s original paper

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