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Assessment of measles Immunity among Infants in Maputo City , Mozambique .
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Nakayama, Tetsuo |
| Abstract | The authors investigated measles immunity among young infants by examining the presence of IgG and IgM EIA antibodies against measles virus in oral fluid obtained from infants at 6 and 9 months of age. IgG EIA antibodies were positive in 26/211 (12.3%) at aged 6 months and, among 26 IgG EIA positives, two showed positive for IgM EIA antibodies. IgG EIA antibodies were positive in 90/295 (30.5%) at 9 months of age. Among them, 9 were born to IgG-negative mothers and five out of nine were also IgM-positive. Among 142 infants without having IgG EIA just before immunization, 85 (58.2%) became positive for IgM EIA after vaccination. It suggested that infants were exposed with measles before vaccination and then six-months infants seem to be a better timing for immunization. And the E-Z strain had poor immunogenicity in infants at 9 months of age in Mozambique. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://static-content.springer.com/openpeerreview/art:10.1186%2F1471-2458-8-386/12889_2008_1356_ReviewerReport_V1_R1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Report |
