Sociodemographic correlates of neutralizing poliovirus and hepatitis A virus antibodies as markers of different modes of acquiring immunity.
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.
Green
M S
MS
Occupational Health Institute, RaAnana, Israel.
Cohen
D
D
Slepon
R
R
Handsher
R
R
Zaaide
Y
Y
Rannon
L
L
Danon
Y
Y
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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral