2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Serum IgG levels against pertussis, measles and rubella among medical school students.
| Project/Area Number |
23590624
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | St. Marianna University School of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
TERAKUBO Shigemi 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 研究技術員 (30398961)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKASHIMA Hideki 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (20192669)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKEMURA Hiromu 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (80301597)
KANAMOTO Taisei 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (20260755)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 百日咳菌抗体価 / 麻疹抗体価 / 風疹抗体価 |
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| Research Abstract |
Pertussis, measles and rubella are vaccine-preventable diseases and patients under 10 years old have decreased in Japan according to the spread of vaccination for children. However, we recently encountered outbreaks of these diseases among adolescents and adults. To investigate the outbreaks, the serum IgG levels against the diseases among students in a medical school were examined by using EIA. The percentages of the subjects that did not reach the disease preventable IgG level for medical staff against pertussis, measles and rubella were 28.3%, 55.6% and 27.5%, respectively. These high percentages of un- or under-immunized students will be a potential risk for outbreaks of the diseases in future. Active promotion of vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases should be highly recommended to the under-immunized adolescents and adults as well as un-immunized infants.
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Research Products
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