Open AccessMumps Antibody Levels Among Students Before a Mumps Outbreak: In Search of a Correlate of Immunity
Author(s) -
Margaret M. Cortese,
Albert E. Barskey,
Gary E. Tegtmeier,
C. Zhang,
Lang Ngo,
Moe H. Kyaw,
A. L. Baughman,
Jay E. Menitove,
Carole J. Hickman,
William J. Bellini,
Gustavo H. Dayan,
Gail R. Hansen,
Steven A. Rubin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jir526
Subject(s) - mumps virus , medicine , titer , antibody titer , mumps vaccine , outbreak , antibody , virology , rubella , vaccination , immunology , measles
In 2006, a mumps outbreak occurred on a university campus despite ≥ 95% coverage of students with 2 doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Using plasma samples from a blood drive held on campus before identification of mumps cases, we compared vaccine-induced preoutbreak mumps antibody levels between individuals who developed mumps (case patients) and those who did not develop mumps (nonpatients).
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