Universal rubella vaccination programme and maternal rubella immune status: A tale of two systems

Abstract Maternal rubella status was compared between local residents with non-residents who delivered in our hospital during 1998–2008. Among the 60,822 women, non-immunity was more common in the non-residents (19.9% versus 8.1%, P < 0.001). Significant difference and positive correlation with a...

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Published in:Vaccine 2010-03, Vol.28 (10), p.2227-2230
Main Authors: Lao, Terence T, Suen, Stephen S.H, Leung, Tak Yeung, Sahota, Daljit S, Lau, Tze Kin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Allergy and Immunology
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Applied microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Birth
Ethnicity
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health facilities
Hong Kong
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immune status
Immunity
Immunization Programs
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Infections
Infectious diseases
Maternal & child health
Measles
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Mumps
Population
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Regression analysis
Retrospective Studies
Rubella - immunology
Rubella - prevention & control
Rubella immunity
Rubella vaccination
Rubella Vaccine - immunology
Vaccination
Vaccines
Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects)
Viral diseases
Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Maternal rubella status was compared between local residents with non-residents who delivered in our hospital during 1998–2008. Among the 60,822 women, non-immunity was more common in the non-residents (19.9% versus 8.1%, P < 0.001). Significant difference and positive correlation with age and parity were found for both groups, but a significant inverse correlation with year-of-birth was found only in the residents. Regression analysis confirmed that birth after 1970 was associated with reduced odds of non-immunity, which indicated that the rubella vaccination programme, introduced since 1978, has succeeded in reducing the incidence of non-immunity to
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.12.052