Rubella Antibody Levels in School-Aged Children in Newfoundland: Implications for a Two-Dose Rubella Vaccination Strategy

Samuel Ratnam; Roy West; Veeresh Gadag; Brett Williams; Elizabeth Oates

doi:10.1155/1997/215383

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1997)

Rubella Antibody Levels in School-Aged Children in Newfoundland: Implications for a Two-Dose Rubella Vaccination Strategy

Samuel Ratnam,
Roy West,
Veeresh Gadag,
Brett Williams,
Elizabeth Oates

Affiliations

Samuel Ratnam: The Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Health and Division of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Roy West: The Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Health and Division of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Veeresh Gadag: The Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Health and Division of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Brett Williams: The Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Health and Division of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Elizabeth Oates: The Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Health and Division of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/215383
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 85 – 88

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevailing levels of rubella immunity among school-aged children who received a single dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at one year of age.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjidmm/

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