All issues > Volume 34(11); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(11):1519-1525. Published online November 30, 1991.

A measurement of measles antibody titer in pediatric age group.

Min Hyea Kim¹, Jee Eun Lee¹, Jung Weon Seo¹, Young Mee Hong¹, Kyung Hee Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

Received: June 4, 1991;  Accepted: July 25, 1991.

Abstract

We measured the degree of immunity of 155 childrens with the age from birth to 12 years to measles antibody titer by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) for determine the proper age the Measles vaccination. The results were as follows; 1) By age group, 64% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between 1 and 2 months and 17% of the children with the age between 3 and 4 months. But, all the children was negative between 5 and 9 month in unvaccinated group. 2) By age group, 90% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between 2 and 12 years after vaccination. But, Measles antibody titer was markedly decreased after 10 -years-old.

Keywords :Measles antibody titer