Measles antibody prevalence after mass immunization campaign in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Prevalência de anticorpos contra o vírus do sarampo após campanha de vacinação em massa em Niterói, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Solange A Oliveira, Marilda M Siqueira, George F Mann, Antônio José L Costa, Maria Teresa C.N. Almeida, Mônica S Stavola, Hugo Tomasini, Jussara P Nascimento
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1996
• Subjects: Measles; Vaccination; Seropidemiological survey; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Eia; Eie
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000500006; https://doaj.org/article/cc4fbca58c634b1ebe0117edfdb7ec4c

Three months after a mass vaccination campaign (coverage: 100%) against measles a random seroepidemiological survey was carried out in students aged 1 to 19 years old in the Municipality of Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro. Blood samples were tested for measles antibodies by enzyme immunosorbent ass...