title: Antipoliomyelitis immunity status in a cohort of young men drafted into military service, residing in the suburban Milan area.
abstract: The aim of this study was to verify the antipolio immune status of a cohort of eighteen year-olds residing in the suburban Milan area for whom vaccination histories were available. Seropositivity (titres of neutralizing antibodies > or = 1:8) for the three virus serotypes was detected in 89.2% of the 530 subjects tested, whereas simultaneous seronegativity for all three polioviruses was found for only 0.6% of the subjects.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicologic, Hygienic and Environmental Science, University of Urbino, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pianetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvaggio
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Biffi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baffone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruscolini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Donato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated