Open AccessSero-Surveillance to assess immunity to rubella and assessment of immunogenicity and safety of a single dose of rubella vaccine in school girls
Author(s) -
Hitt Sharma,
Sunil Chowdhari,
Tilak Raj Raina,
Subodh Bhardwaj,
Gajanan S. Namjoshi,
Sameer Parekh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.62575
Subject(s) - medicine , rubella , reactogenicity , vaccination , rubella vaccine , immunogenicity , immunization , serostatus , immunology , vaccine preventable diseases , measles , virology , pediatrics , antibody , virus , viral load
Rubella vaccination is not yet included in National Immunization Schedule in India. Serosurvey is frequently used to assess epidemiologic pattern of Rubella in a community. Serosurveys in different parts of India have found that 6-47% of women are susceptible for Rubella infection. The present serosurveillance was conducted in Jammu, India, in two public schools.