Hachiya, Masahiko; Vynnycky, Emilia; Mori, Yoshio; Do, Hung Thai; Huynh, Mai Kim; Trinh, Long Hoang; Nguyen, Duy Duc; Tran, Nhu Anh Thi; Hoang, Thanh Tien; Hoang, Hai Hang Thi; +11 more... Vo, Ngoc Dieu Thi; Le, Thieu Hoang; Ichimura, Yasunori; Miyano, Shinsuke; Okawa, Sumiyo; Thandar, Moe Moe; Yokobori, Yuta; Inoue, Yosuke; Mizoue, Tetsuya; Takeda, Makoto; Komada, Kenichi; (2024) Age-specific prevalence of IgG against measles/rubella and the impact of routine and supplementary immunization activities: A multistage random cluster sampling study with mathematical modelling. International journal of infectious diseases, 144. e107053. ISSN 1201-9712 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107053
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vietnam continues to have measles and rubella outbreaks following supplementary immunization activities (SIA) and routine immunization despite both having high reported coverage. To evaluate immunization activities, age-specific immunity against measles and rubella, and the number of averted Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) cases, must be estimated. METHODS: Dried blood spots were collected from 2091 randomly selected individuals aged 1-39 years. Measles and rubella virus-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) were measured by enzyme immunoassay. Results were considered positive at ≥120 mIU/mL for measles and ≥10 IU/mL for rubella. The number of CRS cases averted by immunization since 2014 were estimated using mathematical modelling. RESULTS: Overall IgG seroprevalence was 99.7% (95%CI: 99.2-99.9) for measles and 83.6% (95%CI: 79.3-87.1) for rubella. Rubella IgG seroprevalence was higher among age groups targeted in the SIA than in non-targeted young adults (95.4% [95%CI: 92.9-97.0] vs 72.4% [95%CI: 63.1-80.1]; P < 0.001). The estimated number of CRS cases averted in 2019 by immunization activities since 2014 ranged from 126 (95%CI: 0-460) to 883 (95%CI: 0-2271) depending on the assumed postvaccination reduction in the force of infection. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest the SIA was effective, while young adults born before 1998 who remain unprotected for rubella require further vaccination.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics (2023-) |
PubMed ID | 38641317 |
Elements ID | 219025 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107053 |
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