title: [Immunity against poliomyelitis in the German Federal Republic (author's transl)].
abstract: The immunity of the populations of several countries of the GFR against poliovirus 1, 2 and 3 was investigated in 11 laboratories. Sera of 4707 persons aged 0 to 30 years were assessed for neutralising antibodies (serum dilution 1:4) against the 3 types of poliovirus. 34.5% of the 4707 investigated sera had no neutralising antibodies at least against one type of the poliovirus, 4.7% showed no antibodies against all 3 types of the virus. Especially children aged 0 to 4 years were protected incompletely against the 3 types of poliovirus. In comparison with similar investigations of 1969 and 1972 no decisive change of immunity of the population of the GFR against poliomyelitis has occurred.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008433:Mathematics; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Immunitätslage gegen Poliomyelitis in Deutschland.