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Rubella Immunity in a Cohort of Pregnant Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert D. McElhaney Jr ,
Marilyn Ringer ,
Del J. DeHart  and
Peter Vasilenko
Robert D. McElhaney Jr
Affiliation:
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc, and the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Marilyn Ringer
Affiliation:
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc, and the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Del J. DeHart*
Affiliation:
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc, and the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Peter Vasilenko
Affiliation:
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc, and the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
*
1000 Houghton Ave, Saginaw, MI 48602
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Abstract

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.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 64 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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