Rubella vaccination in Australia: 1. A five-year follow-up of vaccinated schoolgirls.
Schoolgirl rubella vaccination commenced in New South Wales in 1971. Serological follow up of 242 girls, four to five years after vaccination, showed that 9% of girls had missed the vaccination programme. Only 5% of vaccinees were still susceptible to rubella in comparison with 27% of unvaccinated male controls. The efficacy of the programme is thus well demonstrated. Screening for vaccine failures at the time of prescribing contraceptives is suggested as a means of detecting schoolgirl vaccine failures. It is noted that the first cohort of schoolgirl vaccinees has not yet reached the peak childbearing age range.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012409:Rubella / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000276:immunology; D013663:Teaching; D014611:Vaccination
D000914:Antibodies, Viral