title: [Controlled rubella vaccination at the Stuttgart Public Health Center].
abstract: Experience has shown that mass vaccination of pre-puberty girls against rubella (German measles), as recommended in accordance with German legislation and performed by the Public Health authorities, is unnecessary in about three-quarters of all the girls. Besides, only relatively few girls report for such vaccination. It became possible to carry out on-target vaccination by conducting first of all a serological preliminary test with capillary blood. This pin-pointed those pupils who were likely to be susceptible to rubella infection. After the vaccination, this method enabled re-checking by means of a further antibody test. All the pupils who had been successfully vaccinated or were already satisfactorily protected, were issued a certificate to that effect. In our opinion, the increased material and personnel expenditure of such on-target vaccination is justified by the fact that the rate of participation on the part of the pupils is markedly higher, so that vaccination becomes more meaningful than before.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsamt Stuttgart.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beyer von Voigt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bontemps
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012411:Rubella Vaccine; C040901:rubella antibodies
vernacular_title: Gezielte Rötelnimpfung am Gesundheitsamt Stuttgart.