WHO collaborative study on the sero-epidemiology of rubella
Bull World Health Organ
; 37(1): 79-88, 1967.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Under the auspices of WHO an investigation was made by 9 laboratories in different parts of the world on the distribution of rubella antibodies in girls and women of child-bearing age. In the first part of the study the objective was to determine the reliability and reproducibility of the tests employed. It was found that there was no significant differences in the variability of the titres obtained by repeatedly testing the same sera in one laboratory. In the second part of the study sera were obtained from girls in schools and women attending clinics and health centres. They were not taken from random samples of the populations. In most of the studies the pattern of development of antibody was similar. About half the persons had antibody at 6-8 years of age and 80 percent-87 percent at 17-22 years of age, the percentage remaining relatively constant thereafter. The island populations of Trinidad and Jamaica and a rural area of Japan were, however, found to have significantly fewer women with antibodies than urban areas in Europe or the Americas.(AU)
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Assunto principal:
Rubéola (Sarampo Alemão)
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Anticorpos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Criança
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Norte
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América do Sul
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Ásia
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Caribe Inglês
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Europa
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Jamaica
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Oceania
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Bull World Health Organ
Ano de publicação:
1967
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