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  • Title: The modification in measles vaccination age as a consequence of the earlier decline of transplacentally transferred antimeasles antibodies in Turkish infants.
    Author: Altintaş DU, Evliyaoğlu N, Kilinç B, Sen'an DI, Güneşer S.
    Journal: Eur J Epidemiol; 1996 Dec; 12(6):647-8. PubMed ID: 8982627.
    Abstract:
    The maternal antibodies are gradually decreased at 9 to 12 months in infants. We determined the elimination period of maternal measles antibodies in 34 infants whose mothers had had a history of natural measles previously. Seropositivity rates at sixth and nine months of age were found to be 61.8% and 3.4%, respectively. The very low passive antibody at nine months of age may suggest the measles vaccination could be carried out earlier than just before the critical age of antibody level.
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