[The choice of vaccine for post partum rubella vaccination (author's transl)]

Meruvax vaccine was compared with Cendevax in post partum rubella vaccination. The obstetricians in Vienna routinely use the Cendevax vaccine at present. In accordance with an earlier study on Almevax, the third vaccine available in Austria, the results with Meruvax were slightly better than with Cendevax. However, this is possibly due to a longer period of storage of the vaccine used in mass vaccination programmes. Hence, the three vaccines should be tested under the same practical conditions to decide which vaccine should be used routinely.