title: Immune status of young adults to mumps virus infection in northern Jordan.
abstract: Eight hundred and seventy-five sera, collected randomly from university students aged 18-24 years, were tested for mumps virus antibodies. The prevalence of seropositivity was 85.3% for males and 87.1% for females using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method (ELISA) and 83.4% for males and 77.6% for females using the micro-complement fixation test (CFT). The remaining 14.7%-16.7% of males and 12.9%-22.3% of females, who had non-reactive sera in ELISA and CFT tests respectively indicated the presence of a sizeable population with a high risk of contracting the infection and this recommends the implementation of routine vaccination against mumps in Jordan. The two techniques correlated well, though ELISA exhibited a higher sensitivity than CFT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allied Health Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology JUST Irbid.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abuharfeil
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Abo-Shehada
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: el-Sukhon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Atmeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000276:immunology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral