[The incidence of epidemic mumps and the rate of antibody detection in different age groups of Moscow population].
Sera from Moscow residents of different ages were studied by the HI test for antibody to mumps virus. In newborn babies antibody was found in 94%. The number of subject possessing antibody decreased with age and was minimal among children of 3-4 years (40%) but then increased and reached 94% among adults (20 years or more).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009031:Moscow; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Zabolevaemost' epidemicheskim parotitom i chastota obnaryzheniia antitel v razlichnykh vozrastnykh grupakh naseleniia Moskvy