The Modification in Measles Vaccination Age as a Consequence of the Earlier Decline of Transplacentally Transferred Antimeasles Antibodies in Turkish Infants

The maternal antibodies are gradually decreased at 9 to 12 months in infants. We determined the elimination period of maternal measles antibodies in 34 infants whose mothers had had a history of natural measles previously. Seropositivity rates at sixth and nine months of age were found to be 61.8% a...

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Published in:European journal of epidemiology 1996-12, Vol.12 (6), p.647-648
Main Authors: ALTINTAS, D. U, EVLIYAOGLU, N, KILINC, B, SEN'AN, D. I, GÜNESER, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Antibodies
Antibodies, Viral - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Reports
Child development
Developed countries
Developing countries
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
Female
Humans
Immunization Schedule
Immunization, Passive
Infant
Infants
Maternal-Fetal Exchange - immunology
Measles
Measles - immunology
Measles - prevention & control
Measles Vaccine - administration & dosage
measles virus
Measles virus - immunology
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Turkey
Vaccination
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Summary:The maternal antibodies are gradually decreased at 9 to 12 months in infants. We determined the elimination period of maternal measles antibodies in 34 infants whose mothers had had a history of natural measles previously. Seropositivity rates at sixth and nine months of age were found to be 61.8% and 3.4%, respectively. The very low passive antibody at nine months of age may suggest the measles vaccination could be carried out earlier than just before the critical age of antibody level.
ISSN:0393-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/bf00499466