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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14907| Title: | Antibodies to rubella virus in Maltese women of child bearing age |
| Authors: | Agius, Emanuel Bailey, George K. Fraser, Peter K. Portelli, Alfred V. |
| Keywords: | Rubella virus Rubella -- Malta -- Case studies Rubella -- Pregnancy -- Immunological aspects |
| Issue Date: | 1972 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Agius, E., Bailey, G.K., Fraser, P.K., & Portelli, A.V. (1972). Antibodies to rubella virus in Maltese women of child bearing age. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 7(1), 23-24. |
| Abstract: | Circulating antibody to Rubella virus is present in about 85% of women of child bearing age in England (PHLS, 1970) and in most large developed countries (Rawls et al., 1967). However, the population of Jamaica and Trinidad show much lower protection rates. This may be inherent in island populations or may be a chance finding. With this in mind sera from women in Malta were examined for evidence of previous exposure to Rubella virus. Four hundred and six sera were tested and the results show that antibody to rubella was present in 369 (91%). With a total population of about 300,000 the degree of protection demonstrated in this study can be accepted within the range plus or minus 3%. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14907 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 1 TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 1 |
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| Antibodies to Rubella Virus.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 120.22 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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