title: [Immune protection against rubella in a group of women in Latium].
abstract: This paper reports data concerning the immune status of 252 pregnant women with regard to rubella infection. The inverse haemagglutination was used to titrate rubella virus-antibodies and it was carried out for each pregnant woman on two blood samples, collected at three weeks' interval. Thirty-nine of the 252 pregnant women (15.50%) contracted the infection in the first trimester of pregnancy. Fifty-seven women (22.60%) showed a low degree of protection against the infection while only forty-five women had a protective rubella virus-antibody titre. Finally, 111 of the 252 (44.60%) pregnant women were rubella virus seronegative and therefore susceptible to the infection.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Igiene G. Sanarelli, Università degli Studi La Sapienza.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Venza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012411:Rubella Vaccine
vernacular_title: Sulla protezione immunitaria contro la rosolia in un gruppo di donne del Lazio.