[Rubella vaccine coverage and seroprotection in 11-year-old children in the Indre-et-Loire department].
To determine the current rates of vaccination and seroprotection against rubella of French preadolescents, a survey was conducted among children in their first year of junior schools of the department of Indre-et-Loire (prefecture: Tours). The rate of vaccination against rubella during infancy or childhood was 58.8% for the girls and 9.4% for the boys, as compared with 99.5% for both sexes for the vaccination against diphteria, tetanus and poliomyelitis. An effective seroprotection against rubella was found more frequently in girls than in boys (90.4% vs 78%), and was also more frequent among vaccinated than non vaccinated preadolescents (98% vs 77%). From these data the authors recommend that a stronger policy of vaccination against rubella should be be adopted, ie. order to obtain the eradication of rubella in France.
Institut régional pour la santé, centre de médecine préventive, La Riche, France.
C
C
Bourderioux
B
B
Hubert
S
S
Vol
M
M
Feyt
J
J
Drucker
J
J
Tichet
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Couverture vaccinale et séroprotection vis-à-vis de la rubéole chez les enfants de 11 ans dans le département de l'Indre-et-Loire.