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Immunization
Researchers from Tel-Aviv University report on findings in immunization
June 4th, 2008
Fresh data on immunization are presented in the report 'Prevalence of mumps antibodies in the Israeli population in relation to mumps vaccination policy and incidence of disease.' "We examined the prevalence of mumps antibodies in the Israeli population in relation to mumps vaccination policy and past and subsequent incidence of disease. The levels of specific IgG antibodies against mumps were tested in 3330 residual sera collected during 1997-1998 from an age-stratified population sample," investigators in Tel Aviv, Israel report. "Against the background of a consistent MMR vaccination coverage of >90%, the age-and sex-adjusted seropositivity to mumps was 77.0%. No...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-06-04)
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