title: Distribution of serum measles-neutralizing antibodies according to age in women of childbearing age in France in 2005-2006: impact of routine immunization.
abstract: Measles antibody titers were measured in 210 French women. Ninety-four percent had protective values (>120 mIU/mL). Geometric mean titers were significantly different (P < 0.001) between women born before and after 1983, when measles vaccination was recommended (731 and 1358 mIU/mL, respectively). geometric mean titers in 4 age cohorts decreased significantly (P < 0.001) with increasing birth year. These data may help identify the appropriate age for infant vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Rouen, France. didier.pinquier@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pinquier
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gagneur
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brissaud
authors.forename: Christèle Gras
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Le Guen
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hau-Rainsard
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Picherot
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Pontual
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reinert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D008458:Measles Vaccine