title: [Serological determination of anti-mumps immunity in a population sample from Palermo].
abstract: A seroepidemiological survey was performed by an immunoglobulin G antibody-capture immunoassay on 1061 subjects from Palermo (Sicily), throughout the age range from birth up to 50 years. A proportional increase of seropositivity rate to mumps virus was shown in relation to increasing age, from 17.5% in the earliest years up to 60.3% in children aged 10 years. After the first decade of life, seropositivity rate reached a plateau staying constant up to the upper age classes explored. Given the relatively high frequency of complications upon mumps infection, it is suggested that an extended vaccination policy could cover a proportion of the non-immune adult subjects.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pistoia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arista
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ammatuna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Determinazione sierologica di immunita antiparotitica in un campione di popolazione palermitana.