[Morbidity, vaccine coverage and immunity against measles, mumps and rubella in a Gallician population from 2 to 5 years old].
Vaccine coverage, morbidity prevalence, and immunity to measles, rubella, and mumps, were estimated in 1985-1986 among a sample of 2 to 5 years old Galician children, studied through questionnaires and immunoenzymatic determinations of antibodies. According to the mothers, measles vaccine and measles-mumps-rubella vaccine were administered to 22.1% and 45.7%, respectively, of their children, whereas measles were reported in 17.9, mumps in 14.3%, and rubella in 2.9%. The seroconversion to rubella (50.7%) resulted significantly lower (p less than 0.001) than that to measles (75%) or mumps (68.6%). The three types of antibodies were found altogether in 32.1% of the subjects, and 5% of them showed none of these antibodies. The analysis of the serologic data stresses the need for reaching rapidly higher vaccination rates.
Vázquez Fernández
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Consejería de Sanidad y Seguridad Social, Junta de Galicia.
López Rois
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F
Vázquez Carrete
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JA
Gómez Tato
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B
Alvarez Ares
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M
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009108:Mumps Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology; D012409:Rubella / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000276:immunology; D013030:Spain
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D009108:Mumps Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine
Morbilidad, cobertura vacunal e immunidad frente a sarampión, parotiditis y rubéola en una población gallega de dos a cinco años.