Risk of Absence of Measles Antibody in Healthcare Personnel and Efficacy of Booster Vaccination.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to identify the presence of the measles IgG antibody (mIgG-Ab) in healthcare personnel and finding out who needs the measles vaccination. The history of measles vaccination was obtained from the national vaccine registry. A baseline mIgG-Ab test was performed, and the measles vaccine was administered to participants who tested negative or equivocal for mIgG-Abs. During the study, 2885 (87.3%) of the 3303 employees were tested for measles serostatus. The baseline seropositivity rate for mIgG-Abs was 91.9%. Among the 234 seronegative cases, 82.9% were born after 1985. The seroprevalence rate was lower in those who received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine >10 years before the testing time, especially if they were born after 1985 and if there was only one previous record of va

SUBMITTER: Kim CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8151488 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature