Prevalence of rubella antibodies in a non-immunized urban population, São Paulo, Brazil Prevalência de anticorpos anti-vírus da rubéola em população urbana não imunizada, São Paulo, Brasil

The prevalence of rubella antibodies was evaluated through a ramdom Seroepidemiological survey in 1400 blood samples of 2-14 year old children and in 329 samples of umbilical cord serum. Rubella IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA, and the sera were collected in 1987, five years before the mass va...

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Main Authors: Vanda A.U.F. Souza, José Cassio Moraes, Laura M Sumita, Maria Claudia C. Camargo, Maria Cristina D.S. Fink, Neuma T. R. Hidalgo, Claudio S. Pannuti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651994000400011