Recent trends in seroprevalence of rubella in Korean women of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the immunity against rubella using the serological status of rubella-specific IgG antibodies (antirubella IgG) in Korean women of childbearing age (15-49 years).

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

Population-based cross-sectional study in South Korea.

Participants

Between January 2010 and December 2017, test results from Korean women aged 15-49 years who had visited an obstetric private clinic (nationwide institutions) and had requested rubella-specific IgG antibody tests from Green Cross Laboratories were obtained from the laboratory information system.

Results

Between 2010 and 2017, antirubella IgG test results from 328 426 Korean women aged 15-49 years who had visited private obstetr

SUBMITTER: Choi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature