Macnamara F N, Mitchell R, Miles J A
J Hyg (Lond). 1973 Dec;71(4):825-31. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400023081.
In the villages of Fiji, apart from Viti Levu, rubella is a disease occurring solely in widely spaced epidemics. Some villages may not be infected for over 20 years and will then contain substantial numbers of susceptible women of child-bearing age.Evidence is produced that haemagglutination-inhibiting (H.I.) antibody to rubella is very long lasting in Fijians. The infectivity of the virus is discussed and it is suggested that, on the average, 50% of susceptibles are infected in a Fijian village during a rubella epidemic, but there are large variations.
在斐济的村庄中,除了维提岛外,风疹是一种仅在间隔很长时间才会爆发一次的疾病。一些村庄可能20多年都不会受到感染,届时会有大量育龄易感妇女。有证据表明,斐济人对风疹的血凝抑制(H.I.)抗体具有很长的持久性。文中讨论了该病毒的传染性,并指出在风疹疫情期间,斐济村庄中平均有50%的易感人群会被感染,但存在很大差异。