title: Sociodemographic correlates of neutralizing poliovirus and hepatitis A virus antibodies as markers of different modes of acquiring immunity.
abstract: The prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of antibodies against poliovirus and hepatitis A virus (HAV) were compared in a random sample of 457 military recruits in Israel inducted during 1987. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with a higher prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies (67.3 vs 32.5 percent), whereas the reverse was true for type 1 poliovirus (78.4 vs 89.5 percent). While the high prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies observed in the lower SES groups reflects considerable natural exposure to enteroviruses, immunity against poliovirus appears to be determined primarily by compliance with vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health Institute, RaAnana, Israel.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slepon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Handsher
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zaaide
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rannon
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Danon
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000208:ethnology*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000208:ethnology*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral