A measurement of measles antibody titer in pediatric age group. |
Min Hyea Kim, Jee Eun Lee, Jung Weon Seo, Young Mee Hong, Kyung Hee Kim |
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea |
소아의 연령에 따른 홍역 항체가의 변동에 관한 연구 |
김민혜, 이지은, 서정완, 홍영미, 김경희 |
이화여자대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
Received: 4 June 1991 • Accepted: 25 July 1991 |
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Abstract |
We measured the degree of immunity of 155 childrens with the age from birth to 12 years to measles
antibody titer by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) for determine the proper age the
Measles vaccination.
The results were as follows;
1) By age group, 64% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between
1 and 2 months and 17% of the children with the age between 3 and 4 months. But, all the children
was negative between 5 and 9 month in unvaccinated group.
2) By age group, 90% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between
2 and 12 years after vaccination. But, Measles antibody titer was markedly decreased after 10
-years-old.
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Key Words:
Measles antibody titer |
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