Prevalence of protective measles virus antibody levels in umbilical cord blood samples in Catalonia, Spain

Plans-Rubió, Pedro; Costa-Camps, Josep; Domínguez, Angela; Torner, Nuria; Plasència Taradach, Antonio; Borràs, Eva

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Prevalence of protective measles virus antibody levels in umbilical cord blood samples in Catalonia, Spain, 2010 (54.68Kb)

Author

Plasència Taradach, Antonio

Borràs, Eva

Date

2010-04

Permanent link

https://hdl.handle.net/11351/10917

DOI

10.1128/CVI.00356-09

PMID

20164254

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Abstract

The prevalence of protective antibody levels (>160 mIU/ml) in neonates was 98.5%. The mean measles virus antibody level was 3,406 mIU/ml and increased with maternal age. Measles vaccination was reported by 42% of pregnant women and decreased with age.

Keywords

Measles virus antibody; Umbilical cord blood; Prevalence

Bibliographic citation

Plans P, Costa J, Domínguez A, Torner N, Borras E, Plasència A. Prevalence of protective measles virus antibody levels in umbilical cord blood samples in Catalonia, Spain. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Apr;17(4):691-4.