Prevalence of protective measles virus antibody levels in umbilical cord blood samples in Catalonia, Spain

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[Plans P, Torner N, Borras E, Plasència A] Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Ciber of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. [Costa J] Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [Domínguez A] Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Ciber of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Departament de Salut

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2024-01-26T12:46:12Z

2010-04



Abstract

Measles virus antibody; Umbilical cord blood; Prevalence


Anticuerpo contra el virus del sarampión; Sangre del cordón umbilical; Predominio


Anticòs del virus del xarampió; Sang del cordó umbilical; Prevalència


The prevalence of protective antibody levels (>160 mIU/ml) in neonates was 98.5%. The mean measles virus antibody level was 3,406 mIU/ml and increased with maternal age. Measles vaccination was reported by 42% of pregnant women and decreased with age.

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English

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

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