<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Comparative cross sectional study was conducted on blood samples (n = 231) collected from children of 1 to 10 years of age in Punjab Pakistan through convenient sampling method. Indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) was standardized and used for serodiagnosis and evaluation of humoral immunity against measles. Associated risk factors including age, gender, locale, and vaccination status were analyzed. Geometric mean titre (GMT) of vaccinated individuals was significantly higher (p &lt; 0.001) than that of non-vaccinated individuals showing that IHA titre of vaccinated individuals was a measure of humoral immune response; whereas, in case of non-vaccinated individuals an indicative of exposure to the measles infection.</p></abstract>

Comparative cross sectional study was conducted on blood samples (n = 231) collected from children of 1 to 10 years of age in Punjab Pakistan through convenient sampling method. Indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) was standardized and used for serodiagnosis and evaluation of humoral immunity against measles. Associated risk factors including age, gender, locale, and vaccination status were analyzed. Geometric mean titre (GMT) of vaccinated individuals was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than that of non-vaccinated individuals showing that IHA titre of vaccinated individuals was a measure of humoral immune response; whereas, in case of non-vaccinated individuals an indicative of exposure to the measles infection.

Sero-epidemiology and Risk Factor Analysis of Measles Among Children in Pakistan

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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Comparative cross sectional study was conducted on blood samples (n = 231) collected from children of 1 to 10 years of age in Punjab Pakistan through...

Sero-epidemiology and Risk Factor Analysis of Measles Among Children in Pakistan

Article Category: short-communication

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2018

Páginas: 227 - 231

Recibido: 21 mar 2017

Aceptado: 12 jul 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/pjm-2018-025

Palabras clave
measles, sero-epidemiology, geometric mean titre, IHA

© 2018 Muhammad Hidayat Rasool et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Sero-epidemiology and Risk Factor Analysis of Measles Among Children in Pakistan

Article Category: short-communication

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2018

Páginas: 227 - 231

Recibido: 21 mar 2017

Aceptado: 12 jul 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/pjm-2018-025

Palabras clavemeasles, sero-epidemiology, geometric mean titre, IHA

© 2018 Muhammad Hidayat Rasool et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
measles, sero-epidemiology, geometric mean titre, IHA