Evaluation of an anti-rubella vaccine through epidemiologic study of an outbreak of the disease in a basic secondary school in the country
De la Hoz Gómez, F.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 40(1): 105-111
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 3045910 Document Number: 318401
An epidemic study is carried out in a Junior High-School in the Countryside (ESBEC), since there an epidemic of rubella occurred. It is stated, as hypothesis, that such epidemic might attack, mainly, boys, since the girls were immunized and, therefore, it should be a prove of the efficiency of the vaccine. Despite, the female sex accounted for more than 50% of the school enrollment, only 19,6% of the girls underwent such disease, prevailing diseased boys (80,4%). The hypothesis stated came true, thus it is concluded that the vaccine used at the present time in the country gives a high immunity against rubella.