[Measles antibody level of productive women in Hongkou District of Shanghai Municipal].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the level of measles antibody in productive women in Hongkou district in Shanghai, to provide evidence for immunization strategy.


METHODS
Using quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method to test the level of measles antibody IgG.


RESULTS
Positive rate of measles antibody in productive women in Shanghai was 88.68%. The measles antibody's geometric mean concentration (GMC) was 814.73 IU/ml. Positive rate of measles antibody in floating productive women was 91.81%, and GMC was 1376.24 IU/ml. The positive rate of measles antibody decreased with age.


CONCLUSIONS
The productive women should be vaccinated against measles vaccine before pregnancy so as to improve the antibody level.
Qian
Xiao-hua
XH
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Hongkou District, Shanghai Municipal, Shanghai 200082, China.
Yang
Ping
P
Tang
Su-zhen
SZ
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018103:Morbillivirus; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
D000914:Antibodies, Viral