title: [Seroprevalence of rubella in pregnant women at Antananarivo. Study of 853 sera at the Pasteur Institute in Madagascar].
abstract: The authors reported the results of a seroepidemiological study of rubella in pregnancy in Antananarivo at the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar. A total of 853 sera were tested using hemagglutination inhibition as reference method. Rubella antibodies were present in 80.5% of the malagasy pregnant women. These results seem quite similar to those observed from other tropical african countries. The rubella prevalences among the pregnant woman's population coming from France, India and Pakistan and living in Antananarivo (respectively, 89.8% and 81.8%) seem the same than in their home countries.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP 1274, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dromigny
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pécarrère
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ollivier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D017677:Age Distribution; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012409:Rubella / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; C040901:rubella antibodies