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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1995 41(2):115-117; doi:10.1093/tropej/41.2.115
© 1995 by Oxford University Press
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Loss of Maternally-acquired Measles Antibody During Infancy in Ilorin, Nigeria

O. A. Babaniyi, MBBS, MPH, FMCPH, D. B. Parakoyi, MD, DPH, FWACP, B. A. Aiyedun, BSc, PHD and M. A. Bello, MBBS, DipCH

University of florin Teaching Hospital P.M.B. 1459, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

In a study of the prevalence of measles antibody in infants aged 1–9 months detectable antibody was present in 32 per cent. Prevalence was highest in the 4–7-week age group and dropped rapidly with increasing age. In infants 28–35 weeks old, only 7 per cent haddetectable antibody. Logistic regression analysis showed that by the end of the seventh month of life only 10 per cent would carry antibody against measles.


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