Antimeasles antibodies in children submitted to different vaccination schedules

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Akira Homma, Léa Camillo-Coura, Maria Lucília P. Loureiro, Maria Teresa G. N. de Almeida
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1993
• Subjects: Vacina contra o sarampo; Imunidade; Epidemiologia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821993000200002; https://doaj.org/article/21b453944941497ca459cef40937ae8a

ln order to study the measles antibody behavior of three vaccination schedules, 684 children were divided into 4 Groups: Group A (341 vaccinated children under the age of one); Group B (101 children at the age of one); Group C (74 children under the age of one and one at the age of one); Group D (163 unvaccinated children with a history of measles in the past - Group control). Children of Group A presented lower rates and 25.9% of the age group under two did not show any measles antibodies. In Group B, all the children presented antibodies. In Group C onby 4.0% did not. In all age groups, the geometric mean HI antibody titers of Group A were lower than the valuesfound in the other groups. The age at vaccination was the factor of greater influence on the results of this study.