[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.
Bourderioux
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Institut régional pour la santé, centre de médecine préventive, La Riche, France.
Hubert
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Vol
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Feyt
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Drucker
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Tichet
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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.