A serological study of 433 university students in various health care professions revealed levels of susceptibility of 2-7% for measles, 0-4% for mumps, 6-17% for poliomyelitis and a particularly disquieting 13-23% for rubella. Representing a developed population with a supposedly high level of immunisation cover these levels of susceptibility indicate students’ vulnerability to outbreaks caused by viruses coming from reservoirs in under-immunised developing populations in the country. Nevertheless, no evidence of occupational exposure between the first- and final-year students was revealed. Immunisation efforts thus need to be urgently targeted not only to developing but also to developed populations in South Africa.
Susceptibility to poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella in university students
대학생들의 소아마비, 홍역, 볼거리, 루벨라에 대한 감수성
[Category] 폴리오, 홍역,
[Source] pubmed
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