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Rubella immunity in a cohort of pregnant women
R D McElhaney1, M Ringer, D J DeHart
1Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc, and the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|February 2, 1999
To assess the rubella immune status of a cohort of high-risk pregnant women visiting a Midwestern clinic, we retrospectively studied 50 random pregnancies per year from 1990 through 1996. Of 350 patients analyzed, 53 (15.1%) were not immune to rubella, and vaccination opportunities were missed.
To assess the rubella immune status of a cohort of high-risk pregnant women visiting a Midwestern clinic, we retrospectively studied 50 random pregnancies per year from 1990 through 1996. Of 350 patients analyzed, 53 (15.1%) were not immune to rubella, and vaccination opportunities were missed.