title: [Field trial of combined measles and rubella live attenuated vaccine].
abstract: We investigated the antibody responses and clinical adverse reactions after immunization with live combined measles and rubella vaccine (HF vaccine) in 442 healthy children, aged 12-90 months of age. We obtained 368 paired sera. Among them, 363 were initially sero-negative against measles virus and 343 (94.5%) became sero-positive after immunization. Sero-conversion against rubella virus was demonstrated in 349 (96.7%) of 361 initially sero-negatives against rubella virus. We investigated the clinical adverse reactions in 406 recipients. In 102 (25.1%) recipients, febrile reaction (> 37.5 C) developed on the day 6.7 of vaccination on average, with a mean duration of 2.2 days. Only two (0.5%) developed high body temperature over 39.5 C. Skin rash was noted in 87 (21.4%) on day 7.1 of vaccination on average, with a mean duration of 4.8 days. Lymphoadenopathy was demonstrated in 12 (3.0%). Thus, measles and rubella combined vaccine was safe and sufficiently immunogenic as well as each monovalent one, having clinical advantage in immunization practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Yoshinao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sunakawa
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katou
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; C040901:rubella antibodies