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The modification in measles vaccination age as a consequence of the earlier decline of transplacentally transferred antimeasles antibodies in Turkish infants
✍ Scribed by D. U. Altintasş; N. Evliyaoglu; B. Kilinç; D. I. Sen'an; S. Güneşer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0393-2990
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✦ Synopsis
The maternal antibodies are gradually decreased at 9 to 12 months in infants. We determined the elimination period of maternal measles antibodies in 34 infants whose mothers had had a history of natural measles previously. Seropositivity rates at sixth and nine months of age were found to be 61.8% and 3.4%, respectively. The very low passive antibody at nine months of age may suggest the measles vaccination could be carried out earlier than just before the critical age of antibody level.