title: [Rubella susceptibility of immigrant pregnant women in Catalonia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Considering recent outbreaks of rubella in immigrant population in Madrid (Spain), we investigated the proportion of rubella susceptibility in immigrant women in Catalonia, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seroprevalence study in pregnant women of the immigrant community. Information of demographic possible risk factors associated to rubella susceptibility was collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five hundred and ninety four women were included. The global prevalence of susceptibility was 11.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 9.2-14.5%). African women showed the highest susceptibility (17%; 95% CI, 10.5-25.2%). Age younger than 25 years was a risk factor statistically associated with rubella susceptibility (adjusted odds ratio=3.02; 95% CI, 1.09-8.35).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rubella susceptibility in pregnant women from low income countries is 10 times higher than that of Catalonian native women.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Epidemiología, Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. heranvale@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hernán
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vargas-Leguás
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campins Martí
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juste Sánchez
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Martínez Gómez
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hermosilla Pérez
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabero Roura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012409:Rubella / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants