Rubella Immunity among Pregnant Women in a Canadian Provincial Screening Program
Author(s) -
Mark J Kearns,
Sabrina S. Plitt,
Bonita E. Lee,
Joan Robinson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2009/901372
Subject(s) - rubella , medicine , congenital rubella syndrome , pregnancy , immunity , obstetrics , prenatal screening , rubella virus , congenital rubella , pediatrics , immunology , demography , prenatal diagnosis , immune system , measles , vaccination , fetus , biology , genetics , sociology
There are limited recent data on rubella immunity in women of childbearing age in Canada. In the present paper, the proportion of rubella seroreactivity and redundant testing (testing of women previously seropositive when tested by the same physician) in the Alberta prenatal rubella screening program were studied.
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