埃塞俄比亚年轻成年女性对风疹病毒感染的免疫状况。

Gebreselassie L, Abebe A

Bull World Health Organ. 1985;63(5):927-30.

The results of a study on the prevalence of rubella-specific antibody among young adult females aged 14-25 years old in four cities and one district town in Ethiopia are presented. The highest prevalence of rubella antibody (97%) was found among young females in Addis Ababa in the central region of the country, followed by those in Dessie, in the north of Ethiopia, and in Awassa in the south, both of which exhibited 94% prevalence. The next highest prevalences were observed in Dire Dawa (88%), a large town in the Hararge region, and in Gambella (85%), a town in the remote western part of the country. The overall prevalence of the antibody was found to be 94%. The remaining 6% of the young adult female population are potentially susceptible to rubella virus infection. It follows that the incidence of congenital rubella infection is probably low in Ethiopia because the vast majority of the female population is immune.

本文展示了一项关于埃塞俄比亚四个城市和一个区镇14至25岁年轻成年女性风疹特异性抗体流行情况的研究结果。该国中部地区亚的斯亚贝巴的年轻女性中，风疹抗体流行率最高（97%），其次是埃塞俄比亚北部的德西和南部的阿瓦萨，二者的流行率均为94%。接下来流行率较高的是哈拉尔格地区的大城镇迪雷达瓦（88%）以及该国西部偏远地区的甘贝拉镇（85%）。抗体的总体流行率为94%。其余6%的年轻成年女性人口可能易感染风疹病毒。由此可见，埃塞俄比亚先天性风疹感染的发病率可能较低，因为绝大多数女性人口具有免疫力。